Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) 1908 - 36th President of the United States
- 1789 - The Declaration of the Rights of Man was adopted by the French National Assembly.
- 1858 - The first cabled news dispatch was sent and was published by "The New York Sun" newspaper. The story was about the peace demands of England and France being met by China.
- 1859 - The first oil well was successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin L. Drake near Titusville, PA.
- 1921 - The owner of Acme Packing Company bought a pro football team for Green Bay, WI. J.E. Clair paid tribute to those who worked in his plant by naming the team the Green Bay Packers. (NFL)
- 1962 - Mariner 2 was launched by the United States. In December of the same year the spacecraft flew past Venus. It was the first space probe to reach the vicinity of another planet.
- 1996 - California Governor Pete Wilson signed an order that would halt state benefits to illegal immigrants.
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