Clement Attlee 1883
- 1496 - References in Leonardo da Vinci notebooks suggested that he tested his flying machine. The test didn't succeed and he didn't try to fly again for several years.
- 1823 - Stephen F. Austin received a grant from the Mexican government and began colonization in the region of the Brazos River in Texas.
- 1833 - Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. About 150 years later, Argentina seized the islands from the British, but Britain took them back after a 74-day war.
- 1871 - Henry W. Bradley patented oleomargarine.
- 1925 - In Italy, Mussolini announced that he would take dictatorial powers.
- 1951 - NBC-TV debuted "Dragnet."
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