Darryl F. Zanuck 1902
- 1698 - Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards.
- 1793 - In France, the "Reign of Terror" began. The National Convention enacted measures to repress the French Revolutionary activities.
- 1881 - The American Red Cross provided relief for disaster for the first time. The disaster was the Great Fire of 1881 in Michigan.
- 1901 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues was formed in Chicago, IL. It was the first organized baseball league.
- 1906 - Bradbury Robinson executed the first legal forward pass in football. Robinson threw the ball to Jack Schneider of St. Louis University in a game against Carroll College.
- 1914 - The Battle of the Marne began. The Germans, British and French fought for six days killing half a million people.
- 1960 - Cassius Clay of Louisville, KY, won the gold medal in light heavyweight boxing at the Olympic Games in Rome, Italy. Clay later changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
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