Elton John 1947 - Singer, musician
- 1669 - Mount Etna in Sicily erupted destroying Nicolosi. 20,000 people were killed.
- 1807 - The first railway passenger service began in England.
- 1900 - The U.S. Socialist Party was formed in Indianapolis.
- 1902 - In Russia, 567 students were found guilty of "political disaffection." 95 students were exiled to Siberia.
- 1947 - A coalmine explosion in Centralia, IL, killed 111 people.
- 1954 - RCA manufactured its first color TV set and began mass production.
- 1983 - The U.S. Congress passed legislation to rescue the U.S. social security system from bankruptcy.
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