Joseph Warren 1741 - Doctor, played a leading role in organizations in Boston during the American Revolution.
- 1880 - Republican Jeanette Rankin was born. She became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
- 1895 - Charles E. Duryea received the first U.S. patent granted to an American inventor for a gasoline-driven automobile.
- 1987 - Margaret Thatcher became the first British prime minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term of office.
- 1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law that would prohibit the desecration of the American Flag.
- 1993 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people who commit "hate crimes" could be sentenced to extra punishment. The court also ruled in favor of religious groups saying that they indeed had a constitutional right to sacrifice animals during worship services.
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