Robert Penn Warren 1905
- 1805 - The U.S. Marines attacked and captured the town of Derna in Tripoli.
- 1833 - A patent was granted for first soda fountain.
- 1889 - The Edison General Electric Company was organized.
- 1898 - Spain declared war on the U.S., rejecting America's ultimatum for Spain to withdraw from Cuba.
- 1915 - During World War I, the Ottoman Turkish Empire began the mass deportation of Armenians.
- 1953 - Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1961 - U.S. President Kennedy accepted "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
- 1989 - Thousands of students began striking in Beijing.
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