Pat Paulsen (Patrick Layton "Pat" Paulsen) 1927 - Comedian, satirist
- 1854 - In Jackson, MI, the Republican Party held its first convention.
- 1858 - Lyman Blake patented the shoe manufacturing machine.
- 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tested his anti-rabies vaccine. The child used in the test later became the director of the Pasteur Institute
- 1917 - During World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks.
- 1923 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established.
- 1942 - Diarist Anne Frank and her family took refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam.
- 1967 - The Biafran War erupted. The war lasted two-and-a-half years. About 600,000 people died
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