Joseph Stalin (Dzhugashvili) 1879 - Georgian Marxist revolutionary and later dictator of USSR (1928-53)
- 1620 - The "Mayflower", and its passengers, pilgrims from England, landed at Plymouth Rock, MA.
- 1898 - Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.
- 1937 - Walt Disney debuted the first, full-length, animated feature in Hollywood, CA. The movie was "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
- 1948 - The state of Eire (formerly the Irish Free State) declared its independence.
- 1978 - Police in Des Plaines, IL, arrested John W. Gacy Jr. and began unearthing the remains of 33 men and boys that Gacy was later convicted of killing.
- 1988 - 270 people were killed when Pan Am Boeing 747 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, due to a terrorist attack.
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