Will Durant 1885 - American historian, philosopher, author
- 1872 - In the U.S., Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the presidential election. She never paid the fine.
- 1895 - George B. Selden received the first U.S. patent for an automobile. He sold the rights for $200,000 four years later.
- 1935 - The game "Monopoly" was introduced by Parker Brothers Company.
- 1990 - Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Kach movement, was shot to death after a speech at a New York Hotel. His assassin, Egyptian El Sayyid, was later convicted of the murder and was sentenced to life in prison for his part in the World Trade Center bombing.
- 1998 - The U.N. announced that the Taliban militia had killed up to 5,000 civilians in a takeover of an Afghani town.
- 2009 - At Fort Hood, near Kileen, TX, Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 30 others.
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