Russell Baker 1925 - Newspaper columnist
- 1805 - A peace treaty between the U.S. and Tunis was signed on board the USS Constitution.
- 1896 - Gold was discovered in Canada's Yukon Territory. Within the next year more than 30,000 people rushed to the area to look for gold.
- 1919 - About 1 million tons of ice and rock broke off of a glacier near Mont Blanc, France. Nine people were killed in the incident.
- 1935 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly.
- 1941 - U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter. The charter was a statement of principles that renounced aggression.
- 1945 - It was announced by U.S. President Truman that Japan had surrendered unconditionally. The surrender ended World War II.
- 1947 - Pakistan became independent from British rule.
- 1953 - The whiffle ball was invented.
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