Joseph McCarthy 1909 - Politician (U.S. Senator from Wisconsin)
- 1832 - The first streetcar went into operation in New York City, NY. The vehicle was horse-drawn and had room for 30 people.
- 1851 - Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was first published in the U.S.
- 1881 - Charles J. Guiteau's trial began for the assassination of U.S. President Garfield. Guiteau was convicted and hanged the following year.
- 1956 - The USSR crushed the Hungarian uprising.
- 1979 - U.S. President Carter froze all Iranian assets in the United States and U.S. banks abroad in response to the taking of 63 American hostages at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran.
- 1983 - The British government announced that U.S.-made cruise missiles had arrived at the Greenham Common air base amid protests.
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