Eddie Rickenbacker 1890
- 1918 - U.S. Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 in the Argonne Forest in France. York had originally tried to avoid being drafted as a conscientious objector. After this event his was promoted to sergeant and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
- 1938 - The cover of "The Saturday Evening Post" portrayed Norman Rockwell.
- 1944 - "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debuted on CBS radio.
- 1952 - "The Complete Book of Etiquette" was published for the first time.
- 1970 - Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize for literature.
- 1993 - The U.S. government issued a report absolving the FBI of any wrongdoing in its final assault in Waco, TX, on the Branch Davidian compound. The fire that ended the siege killed as many as 85 people.
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