Rex Harrison 1908 - Actor
- 1624 - In the American colony of Virginia, the upper class was exempted from whipping by legislation.
- 1770 - "The Boston Massacre" took place when British troops fired on a crowd in Boston killing five people. Two British troops were later convicted of manslaughter.
- 1836 - Samuel Colt's Patent Arms Manufacturing of Paterson, New Jersey, was chartered by the New Jersey legislature.
- 1922 - "Annie Oakley" (Phoebe Ann Moses) broke all existing records for women's trap shooting. She hit 98 out of 100 targets.
- 1933 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a four-day bank holiday in order to stop large amounts of money from being withdrawn from banks.
- 1933 - The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections.
- 1946 - Winston Churchill delivered his "Iron Curtain Speech".
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