William Blake 1757
- 1520 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait.
- 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin met in Tehran to map out strategy concerning World War II.
- 1963 - U.S. President Johnson announced that Cape Canaveral would be renamed Cape Kennedy in honor of his assassinated predecessor. The name was changed back to Cape Canaveral in 1973 by a vote of residents.
- 1978 - The Iranian government banned religious marches.
- 1995 - U.S. President Clinton signed a $6 billion road bill that ended the federal 55 mph speed limit.
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