Rafael Trujillo (Rafael Leïnidas Trujillo Molina) 1891
- 1648 - The Holy Roman Empire was effectively destroyed by the Peace of Westphalia that brought an end to the Thirty Years War.
- 1836 - Alonzo D. Phillips received a patent for the phosphorous friction safety match.
- 1929 - In the U.S., investors dumped more than 13 million shares on the stock market. The day is known as "Black Tuesday."
- 1939 - Nylon stockings were sold to the public for the first time in Wilmington, DE.
- 1948 - The term "cold war" was used for the first time. It was in a speech by Bernard Baruch before the Senate War Investigating Committee.
- 2001 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that gave police the power to secretly search homes, tap all of a person's telephone conversation and track people's use of the Internet.
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