Leonid Brezhnev (Russia) 1906
- 1871 - Corrugated paper was patented by Albert L. Jones
- 1918 - Robert Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column in "The New York Globe".
- 1972 - Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.
- 1973 - Johnny Carson started a fake toilet-paper scare on the "Tonight Show."
- 1989 - U.S. troops invaded Panama to overthrow the regime of General Noriega.
- 1996 - The school board of Oakland, CA, voted to recognize Black English, also known as "ebonics." The board later reversed its stance.
- 1998 - U.S. President Bill Clinton was impeached on two charges of perjury and obstruction of justice by the U.S. House of Representatives.
- 2008 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed a $17.4 billion rescue package of loans for ailing auto makers General Motors and Chrysler.
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