George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) 1819 - Novelist, journalist
- 1906 - The International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin adopted the SOS distress signal.
- 1928 - In Paris, "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel was first performed publicly.
- 1963 - U.S. President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, TX. Texas Governor John B. Connally was also seriously wounded. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was inaugurated as the 36th U.S. President.
- 1967 - The U.N. Security Council approved resolution 242. The resolution called for Israel to withdraw from territories it had captured in 1967 and called on adversaries to recognize Israel's right to exist.
- 1983 - The Bundestag approved NATO's plan to deploy new U.S. nuclear missiles in West Germany.
- 1985 - 38,648 immigrants became citizens of the United States. It was the largest swearing-in ceremony.
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