Alfred Nobel 1833 - Chemist, inventor of dynamite, his will created the Nobel Prizes
- 1849 - The first tattooed man, James F. Oč¾°onnell, was put on exhibition at the Franklin Theatre in New York City, NY.
- 1879 - Thomas Edison invented the electric incandescent lamp. It would last 13 1/2 hours before it would burn out.
- 1917 - The first U.S. soldiers entered combat during World War I near Nancy, France.
- 1918 - Margaret Owen set a typing speed record of 170 words per minute on a manual typewriter.
- 1925 - The photoelectric cell was first demonstrated at the Electric Show in New York City, NY.
- 1950 - Chinese forces invaded Tibet.
- 1994 - North Korea and the U.S. (Clinton) signed an agreement requiring North Korea to halt its nuclear program and agree to inspections.
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