Bess Truman 1885
- 1633 - Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before the Inquisition.
- 1880 - Thomas Edison observed what became known as the Edison Effect for the first time.
- 1900 - The Anglo-German accord of 1899 was ratified by Reichstag, in which Britain renounced rights in Samoa in favor of Germany and the U.S.
- 1945 - During World War II, Allied aircraft began bombing the German city of Dresden.
- 1965 - Sixteen-year-old Peggy Fleming won the ladies senior figure skating title at Lake Placid, NY.
- 2000 - Charles M. Schulz's last original Sunday "Peanuts" comic strip appeared in newspapers. Schulz had died the day before.
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