Gwyneth Paltrow 1972 - Actress
- 1825 - George Stephenson operated the first locomotive that hauled a passenger train.
- 1939 - After 19 days of resistance, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered to the Germans after being invaded by the Nazis and the Soviet Union during World War II.
- 1954 - The "Tonight!" show made its debut on NBC-TV with Steve Allen as host.
- 1968 - The U.K.'s entry into the European Common Market was barred by France.
- 1990 - The deposed emir of Kuwait addressed the U.N. General Assembly and denounced the "rape, destruction and terror" that Iraq had inflicted upon his country.
- 1994 - More than 350 Republican congressional candidates signed the Contract with America. It was a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the House.
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