Chris Webber 1973 - Basketball player
- 1692 - In Salem Village, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Salem witch trials began. Four women were the first to be charged.
- 1845 - U.S. President Tyler signed the congressional resolution to annex the Republic of Texas.
- 1873 - E. Remington and Sons of Ilion, NY, began the manufacturing the first practical typewriter.
- 1907 - In Odessa, Russia, there were only about 15,000 Jews left due to evacuations.
- 1941 - FM Radio began in Nashville, TN, when station W47NV began operations.
- 1950 - Klaus Fuchs was convicted of giving U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
- 1954 - Five U.S. congressmen were wounded when four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- 1974 - Seven people were indicted in connection with the Watergate break-in. The charge was conspiring to obstruct justice.
- 1989 - In Washington, DC, Mayor Barry and the City council imposed a curfew on minors.
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