Reggie Jackson 1946 - Baseball player
- 1642 - Montreal, Canada, was founded.
- 1652 - In Rhode Island, a law was passed that made slavery illegal in North America. It was the first law of its kind.
- 1953 - The first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound, Jacqueline Cochran, piloted an F-86 Sabrejet over California at an average speed of 652.337 miles-per-hour.
- 1980 - Mt. Saint Helens erupted in Washington state. 57 people were killed and 3 billion in damage was done.
- 1983 - The U.S. Senate revised immigration laws and gave millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program.
- 1994 - Israel's three decades of occupation in the Gaza Strip ended as Israeli troops completed their withdrawal and Palestinian authorities took over.
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