Mikhail Gorbachev 1931 - Former Soviet President
- 1807 - The U.S. Congress passed an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
- 1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico and an ad interim government was formed.
- 1877 - In the U.S., Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election by the U.S. Congress. Samuel J. Tilden, however, had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
- 1917 - The Russian Revolution began with Czar Nicholas II abdicating.
- 1933 - The motion picture King Kong had its world premiere in New York.
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