Alan Shepard, Jr. 1923
- 1928 - The first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon premiered in New York. It was Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," starring Mickey Mouse.
- 1959 - William Wyler's "Ben-Hur" premiered at Loew's Theater in New York City's Times Square.
- 1966 - U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays.
- 1969 - Apollo 12 astronauts Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. and Alan L. Bean landed on the lunar surface during the second manned mission to the moon.
- 1976 - The parliament of Spain approved a bill that established a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
- 1988 - U.S. President Reagan signed major legislation provided the death penalty for drug traffickers who kill.
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