Darryl F. Zanuck 1902 
- 1698 - Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards.
- 1793 - In France, the "Reign of Terror" began. The National Convention enacted measures to repress the French Revolutionary activities.
- 1836 - Sam Houston was elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
- 1905 - The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed by Russia and Japan to end the Russo-Japanese War. The settlement was mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in New Hampshire.
- 1906 - Bradbury Robinson executed the first legal forward pass in football. Robinson threw the ball to Jack Schneider of St. Louis University in a game against Carroll College.
- 1961 - The U.S. government made airline hijacking a federal offense.
- 1990 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urged for a Holy War against the West and former allies.
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