Davy Crockett 1786 - Frontiersman, soldier and politician. He died at the Battle of the Alamo
- 1903 - Joseph Pulitzer donated a million dollars to Columbia University. This started the Pulitzer Prizes in his name.
- 1961 - The Communist East German government completed the construction of the Berlin Wall.
- 1982 - The U.S. Senate approved an immigration bill that granted permanent resident status to illegal aliens who had arrived in the United States before 1977.
- 1996 - Ross Perot was announced to be the Reform Party's presidential candidate. It was the party's first-ever candidate.
- 1998 - U.S. President Clinton admitted to having an improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.
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