Winston Churchill (Britain) 1874
- 1700 - 8,000 Swedish troops under King Charles XII defeated an army of at least 50,000 Russians at the Battle of Narva. King Charles XII died on this day.
- 1897 - Thomas Edison's own motion picture projector had its first commercial exhibition.
- 1939 - The Russo-Finnish War began when 20 divisions of Soviet troops invaded Finland.
- 1940 - Lucille Ball and Cuban musician Desi Arnaz were married.
- 1971 - ABC-TV aired "Brian's Song." The movie was about Chicago Bears' Brian Picolo and his friendship with Gale Sayers.
- 1986 - "Time" magazine published an interview with U.S. President Reagan. In the article, Reagan described fired national security staffer Oliver North as a "national hero."
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