William F. Buckley, Jr. 1925
- 1871 - The National Rifle Association was incorporated in the U.S.
- 1940 - Nazis closed off the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. Over the next three years the population dropped from 350,000 to 70,000 due to starvation, disease and deportations to concentration camps.
- 1947 - The "Hollywood 10," were cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about alleged Communist influence in their industry.
- 1963 - Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald live on national television.
- 1969 - Apollo 12 landed safely in the Pacific Ocean bringing an end to the second manned mission to the moon.
- 1971 - Hijacker Dan Cooper, known as D.B. Cooper, parachuted from a Northwest Airlines 727 over Washington state with $200,000 in ransom.
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