Joseph McCarthy 1909 - Politician (U.S. Senator from Wisconsin)
- 1832 - The first streetcar went into operation in New York City, NY. The vehicle was horse-drawn and had room for 30 people.
- 1851 - Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was first published in the U.S.
- 1956 - The USSR crushed the Hungarian uprising.
- 1972 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 1,000 (1,003.16) level for the first time.
- 1979 - U.S. President Carter froze all Iranian assets in the United States and U.S. banks abroad in response to the taking of 63 American hostages at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran.
- 1994 - U.S. experts visited North Korea's main nuclear complex for the first time under an accord that opened such sites to outside inspections.
- 1995 - The U.S. government instituted a partial shutdown, closing national parks and museums while most government offices operated with skeleton crews.
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