Jimmy Carter 1924 - 39th President of the United States, 76th governor of Georgia
- 1908 - The Model T automobile was introduced by Henry Ford. The purchase price of the car was $850.
- 1938 - German forces enter Czechoslovakia and seized control of the Sudetenland. The Munich Pact had been signed two days before.
- 1946 - The International War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremberg sentenced 12 Nazi officials to death. Seven others were sentenced to prison terms and 3 were acquitted.
- 1949 - Mao Tse-tung raised the first flag of the People's Republic of China when the communist forces had defeated the Nationalists. The Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan.
- 1962 - Johnny Carson began hosting the "Tonight" show on NBC-TV. He stayed with the show for 29 years. Jack Paar was the previous host.
- 1964 - The Free Speech Movement was started at the University of California at Berkeley.
- 1971 - Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, FL.
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