Ronald Wilson Reagan 1911 Actor, 40th President of the United States
- 1899 - The U.S. Senate ratified a peace treaty between the U.S. and Spain.
- 1911 - The first old-age home for pioneers opened in Prescott, AZ.
- 1926 - The National Football League adopted a rule that made players ineligible for competition until their college class graduated.
- 1933 - The 20th Amendment to the Constitution was declared in effect. The amendment moved the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January.
- 1952 - Britain's King George VI died. His daughter, Elizabeth II, succeeded him.
- 1971 - NASA Astronaut Alan B. Shepard used a six-iron that he had brought inside his spacecraft and swung at three golf balls on the surface of the moon.
- 1999 - Excerpts of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky's videotaped testimony were shown at President Clinton's impeachment trial.
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