Gerald Rudolph Ford (U.S.) 1913
- 1430 - Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.
- 1789 - French Revolution began with Parisians stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.
- 1798 - The U.S. Congress passed the Sedition Act. The act made it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government.
- 1868 - Alvin J. Fellows patented the tape measure.
- 1933 - All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed.
- 1946 - Dr. Benjamin Spock’s "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was first published.
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