Norman Rockwell 1894, Pretty Boy Floyd (Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd) 1904 - Bank robber, James A. Michener 1907
Blythe Danner 1943, Morgan Fairchild 1950, Nathan Lane 1956
1815 - The world's first commercial cheese factory was established in Switzerland.
1913 - The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It authorized the power to impose and collect income tax.
1941 - In Vichy, France, the Nazis used force to restore Pierre Laval to office.
1951 - Dick Button won the U.S. figure skating title for the sixth time.
1966 - The first rocket-assisted controlled landing on the Moon was made by the Soviet space vehicle Luna IX.
1969 - At the Palestinian National Congress in Cairo, Yasser Arafat was appointed leader of the PLO.
1998 - Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker. She was the first woman executed in the U.S. since 1984.
2009 - Eric Holder was sworn in as attorney general. He was the first African-American to hold the post.
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