Timothy Leary 1920
- 1797 - Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump. He made the jump from about 3,000 feet.
- 1836 - Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first constitutionally elected president of the Republic of Texas.
- 1907 - The Panic of 1907 began when depositors began withdrawing money from many New York banks.
- 1962 - U.S. President Kennedy went on radio and television to inform the United States about his order to send U.S. forces to blockade Cuba. The blockade was in response to the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.
- 1981 - The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August.
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