Sophie Tucker 1884 - Singer, actress
- 1128 - Pope Honorius II granted a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar. He declared it to be an army of God.
- 1898 - Emile Zola's "J'accuse" was published in Paris.
- 1928 - Ernst F. W. Alexanderson gave the first public demonstration of television.
- 1942 - Henry Ford patented the plastic automobile referred to as the "Soybean Car." The car was 30% lighter than the average car.
- 1992 - Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II.
- 2002 - U.S. President George W. Bush fainted after choking on a pretzel.
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