Bobby Knight 1940 - Basketball coach
- 1854 - The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Crimean War. The British were winning the Battle of Balaclava when Lord James Cardigan received an order to attack the Russians...
- 1870 - The first U.S. trademark was given. The recipient was the Averill Chemical Paint Company of New York City.
- 1917 - The Bolsheviks (Communists) under Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power in Russia.
- 1929 - Alber B. Fall, of U.S. President Harding's cabinet, was found guilty of taking a bribe. He was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $100,000.
- 1955 - The microwave oven, for home use, was introduced by The Tappan Company.
- 1971 - The U.N. General Assembly voted to expel Taiwan and admit mainland China.
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