Hideki Tojo 1884 - General of the Imperial Japanese Army and Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II
- 1853 - The United States bought about 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.
- 1903 - About 600 people died when fire broke out at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, IL.
- 1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formed.
- 1940 - California's first freeway was officially opened. It was the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena.
- 1953 - The first color TV sets went on sale for about $1,175.
- 1978 - Ohio State University fired Woody Hayes as its football coach, one day after Hayes punched Clemson University player Charlie Bauman during the Gator Bowl. Bauman had intercepted an Ohio pass.
- 1997 - More than 400 people were massacred in four villages in the single worst incident during Algeria's insurgency.
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