Peter the Great 1672 - Peter I of Russia, Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss) 1915 - Musician, songwriter, inventor (solid-body electric guitar), Dick Vitale (Richard J. "Dick" Vitale) 1940 - Basketball sportscaster
Patricia Cornwell 1956 - Mystery author, Michael J. Fox 1961 - Actor ("Family Ties"), Johnny Depp (John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II) 1963 - Actor, musician
1860 - The Ms. Ann Stevens book "Malaeska, the Indian Wife of the White Hunter" was offered for sale for a dime. It was the first published "dime novel."
1861 - Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke began working in Union hospitals.
1934 - Donald Duck made his debut in the Silly Symphonies cartoon "The Wise Little Hen."
1943 - The withholding tax on payrolls was authorized by the U.S. Congress.
1945 - Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declared that Japan would fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender.
1959 - The first ballistic missile carrying submarine, the USS George Washington, was launched.
2000 - Canada and the United States signed a border security agreement. The agreement called for the establishment of a border-enforcement team.
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