David Packard 1912
- 1813 - The nickname "Uncle Sam" was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States. The reference appeared in an editorial in the New York's Troy Post.
- 1888 - Edith Eleanor McLean became the first baby to be placed in an incubator.
- 1915 - Johnny Gruelle received a patent for his Raggedy Ann doll. (U.S. Patent D47789)
- 1927 - Philo T. Farnsworth succeeded in transmitting an image through purely electronic means by using an image dissector.
- 1966 - The final episode of the original "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was aired on CBS-TV.
- 1971 - "The Beverly Hillbillies" was seen for the final time on CBS-TV.
- 1977 - The Panama Canal treaties were signed by U.S. President Carter and General Omar Torrijos Herrera. The treaties called for the U.S. to turn over control of the canal's waterway to Panama in the year 2000.
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