Jimmy Carter 1924 - 39th President of the United States, 76th governor of Georgia
- 1908 - The Model T automobile was introduced by Henry Ford. The purchase price of the car was $850.
- 1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened as the first toll superhighway in the United States.
- 1949 - Mao Tse-tung raised the first flag of the People's Republic of China when the communist forces had defeated the Nationalists. The Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan.
- 1961 - Roger Maris (New York Yankees) hit his 61st home run of the season to beat Babe Ruth's major league record of 60.
- 1962 - Johnny Carson began hosting the "Tonight" show on NBC-TV. He stayed with the show for 29 years. Jack Paar was the previous host.
- 1964 - The Free Speech Movement was started at the University of California at Berkeley.
- 2001 - San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ban Internet filters designed to keep pornography away from children at city libraries...
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