Regis Philbin 1931 - Talk show host, game show host ("Who Wants to be a Milllionaire")
- 1814 - The U.S. Library of Congress was destroyed by British forces.
- 1875 - Captain Matthew Webb swam from Dover, England, to Calais, France making him the first person to swim the English Channel. The feat took about 22 hours.
- 1941 - Soviet and British troops invaded Iran. This was in reaction to the Shah's refusal to reduce the number of German residents.
- 1949 - NBC Radio debuted "Father Knows Best." The show went to TV in 1954.
- 1950 - U.S. President Truman ordered the seizure of U.S. railroads to avert a strike.
- 1993 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 3,652.09, an all-time high.
- 1998 - A survey released said that 1/3 of Americans use the Internet.
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