Shirley (Jane) Temple Black 1928 - Child actress ("Little Miss Marker," "Heidi," "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm")
- 1900 - The word "hillbilly" was first used in print in an article in the "New York Journal." It was spelled "Hill-Billie".
- 1908 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt signed an act creating the U.S. Army Reserve.
- 1950 - Chaing evacuated Hainan, leaving mainland China to Mao and the communists.
- 1985 - The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was changing its 99-year-old secret formula. The New Coke was not successful, which resulted in the resumption of selling the original version.
- 1988 - A U.S. federal law took effect that banned smoking on flights that were under two hours.
- 2004 - U.S. President George W. Bush eased sanctions against Libya in return for Moammar Gadhafi's agreement to give up weapons of mass destruction.
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