Tommy Lasorda 1927 - Baseball manager
- 1789 - The U.S. Congress authorized the office of Postmaster General.
- 1862 - U.S. President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It stated that all slaves held within rebel states would be free as of January 1, 1863.
- 1903 - Italo Marchiony was granted a patent for the ice cream cone.
- 1961 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed a congressional act that established the Peace Corps.
- 1980 - A border conflict between Iran and Iraq developed into a full-scale war.
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