Katherine Anne Porter 1890 - Journalist, essayist, short story writer
- 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovered his harmonics law.
- 1862 - The U.S. Congress created the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- 1911 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
- 1930 - Ellen Church became the first female flight attendant.
- 1948 - Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon only hours after declaring its independence.
- 1972 - Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, MD while campaigning for the U.S. presidency. Wallace was paralyzed by the shot.
- 1988 - The Soviet Union began their withdrawal of its 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. Soviet forces had been there for more than eight years.
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