Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919 - Prime Minister of Canada
- 1469 - Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile. The marriage united all the dominions of Spain.
- 1842 - Samuel Finley Breese Morse laid his first telegraph cable.
- 1867 - The U.S. took formal possession of Alaska from Russia. The land was purchased of a total of $7 million dollars (2 cents per acre).
- 1898 - The American flag was raised in Puerto Rico only one year after the Caribbean nation won its independence from Spain.
- 1956 - NFL commissioner Bert Bell disallowed the use of radio-equipped helmets by NFL quarterbacks.
- 1961 - Henri Matiss' "Le Bateau" went on display at New York's Museum of Modern Art. It was discovered 46 days later that the painting had been hanging upside down.
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