Phyllis Diller 1917 - Comedian
- 1821 - Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.
- 1867 - Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston, MA. It was the first dental school in the U.S.
- 1917 - The British royal family adopted the Windsor name.
- 1945 - U.S. President Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill began meeting at Potsdam in the final Allied summit of World War II. During the meeting Stalin made the comment that "Hitler had escaped."
- 1955 - Disneyland opened in Anaheim, CA.
- 1997 - After 117 years, the Woolworth Corp. closed its last 400 stores.
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