Walter Winchell 1897 - Vaudeville performer, journalist, radio commentator
- 1864 - The first camel race in America was held in Sacramento, California.
- 1933 - Prohibition ended in the United States.
- 1948 - The musical "South Pacific" by Rogers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway.
- 1948 - The United Nations' World Health Organization began operations.
- 1953 - IBM unveiled the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine. It was IBM's first commercially available scientific computer.
- 1994 - Civil war erupted in Rwanda between the Patriotic Front rebel group and government soldiers. Hundreds of thousands were slaughtered in the months that followed.
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