Groucho (Julius) Marx 1890 - "Marx Brothers" movies and his quiz show "You Bet Your Life"
- 1780 - British army major John Andre was hanged as a spy. He was carrying information about the actions of Benedict Arnold.
- 1835 - The first battle of the Texas Revolution took place near the Guadalupe River when American settlers defeated a Mexican cavalry unit.
- 1870 - Rome was made the capital of Italy.
- 1919 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.
- 1944 - The Nazis crushed the Warsaw Uprising.
- 1950 - "Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, was published for the first time in seven newspapers.
- 1959 - "The Twilight Zone" debuted on CBS-TV. The show ran for 5 years for a total of 154 episodes.
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