William Pitt the Elder 1708 - Known as the Great Commoner, 1st Earl of Chatham
- 1777 - The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, precursor to the U.S. Constitution.
- 1864 - Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their "March to the Sea" during the U.S. Civil War.
- 1901 - Miller Reese patented an electrical hearing aid.
- 1988 - The Palestine National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, proclaimed the establishment of an independent Palestinian state at the close of a four-day conference in Algiers.
- 1999 - Representatives from China and the United States signed a major trade agreement that involved China's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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