Sir Peter Ustinov 1921 - Actor
- 1818 - The U.S. Senate ratified Rush-Bagot amendment to form an unarmed U.S.-Canada border.
- 1862 - In the U.S., slavery was abolished by law in the District of Columbia.
- 1912 - Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
- 1922 - Annie Oakley shot 100 clay targets in a row, to set a women's record.
- 1972 - Two giant pandas arrived in the U.S. from China.
- 1982 - Queen Elizabeth proclaimed Canada's new constitution in effect. The act severed the last colonial links with Britain.
- 1983 - China shelled the Vietnam border in retaliation for raids.
- 1992 - The House ethics committee listed 303 (democrat) current and former lawmakers who had overdrawn their House bank accounts.
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