William Randolph Hearst 1863 - American newspaper magnate, newspaper publisher.
- 1429 - Joan of Arc led Orleans, France, to victory over Britain.
- 1813 - Rubber was patented by J.F. Hummel.
- 1852 - The first edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus was published.
- 1945 - The Nazi death camp, Dachau, was liberated.
- 1975 - The U.S. embassy in Vietnam was evacuated as North Vietnamese forces fought their way into Saigon.
- 1990 - The destruction of the Berlin Wall began.
- 1992 - Rioting began after a jury decision to acquit four Los Angeles policemen in the Rodney King beating trial. 54 people were killed in 3 days.
- 1998 - The U.S., Canada and Mexico end tariffs on $1 billion in NAFTA trade.
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