Bobby Seale 1936 - Political activist
- 1797 - Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump. He made the jump from about 3,000 feet.
- 1844 - This day is recognized as "The Great Disappointment" among those who practiced Millerism. The world was expected to come to an end according to the followers of William Miller.
- 1907 - The Panic of 1907 began when depositors began withdrawing money from many New York banks.
- 1962 - U.S. President Kennedy went on radio and television to inform the United States about his order to send U.S. forces to blockade Cuba. The blockade was in response to the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.
- 1999 - China ended its first-ever human rights conference in which it defied Western definitions of civil liberties.
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