Sam Peckinpah 1925 - Director
- 1804 - The first self-propelled locomotive on rails was demonstrated in Wales.
- 1842 - John J. Greenough patented the sewing machine.
- 1848 - The Communist Manifesto was published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
- 1858 - The first electric burglar alarm was installed in Boston, MA.
- 1904 - The National Ski Association was formed in Ishpeming, MI.
- 1947 - Edwin Land demonstrated the Polaroid Land Camera to the Optical Society of America in New York City. It was the first camera to take, develop and print a picture on photo paper all in about 60 seconds. The photos were black and white. The camera went on sale the following year.
- 1965 - Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City at the age of 39 by assassins identified as Black Muslims.
- 1975 - Former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up.
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