Tommy Chong 1938 - Comedian (Cheech and Chong)
- 1764 - Bostonian lawyer James Otis denounced "taxation without representation" and called for the colonies to unite in demonstrating their opposition to Britain’s new tax measures.
- 1844 - Samuel F.B. Morse formally opened America's first telegraph line. The first message was sent from Washington, DC, to Baltimore, MD. The message was "What hath God wrought?"
- 1883 - After 14 years of construction the Brooklyn Bridge was opened to traffic.
- 1941 - The HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic. Only three people survived.
- 1994 - The four men convicted of bombing the New York's World Trade Center were each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
- 2000 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved permanent normal trade relations with China. China was not happy about some of the human rights conditions that had been attached by the U.S. lawmakers.
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