Jesse Jackson 1941 - Civil rights leader
- 1895 - The Berliner Gramophone Company was founded in Philadelphia, PA.
- 1918 - U.S. Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 in the Argonne Forest in France. York had originally tried to avoid being drafted as a conscientious objector...
- 1944 - "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debuted on CBS radio.
- 1993 - The U.S. government issued a report absolving the FBI of any wrongdoing in its final assault in Waco, TX, on the Branch Davidian compound. The fire that ended the siege killed as many as 85 people.
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