Coretta Scott King 1927 - Wife of Dr. Martin Luther King
- 1521 - Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines.
- 1861 - West Virginia seceded from Virginia after Virginia seceded from the Union during the American Civil War.
- 1880 - Francis Clarke and M.G. Foster patented the electrical hearing aid.
- 1965 - "Pampers" were patented by R.C. Duncan.
- 1978 - Pro-Soviet Marxists seized control of Afghanistan.
- 1989 - Student protestors took over Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
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