Anne Frank (Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank) 1929 - Known for her diary which documented her experiences during World War II
- 1665 - England installed a municipal government in New York. It was the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.
- 1839 - Abner Doubleday created the game of baseball, according to the legend.
- 1897 - Carl Elsener patented his penknife. The object later became known as the Swiss army knife.
- 1982 - 75,000 people rallied against nuclear weapons in New York City's Central Park. Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt were in attendance.
- 1987 - U.S. President Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
- 1990 - The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declared its sovereignty.
- 2003 - In Arkansas, Terry Wallis spoke for the first time in nearly 19 years. Wallis had been in a coma since July 13, 1984, after being injured in a car accident.
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