Chuck Yeager 1923 - United States Air Force General, test pilot
- 1542 - Catherine Howard was executed for adultery. She was the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII.
- 1633 - Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before the Inquisition.
- 1920 - The League of Nations recognized the continued neutrality of Switzerland.
- 1945 - During World War II, Allied aircraft began bombing the German city of Dresden.
- 1965 - Sixteen-year-old Peggy Fleming won the ladies senior figure skating title at Lake Placid, NY.
- 1997 - The Dow Jones industrial average passed the 7,000 mark for the first time. The day ended at 7,022.44.
- 2000 - Charles M. Schulz's last original Sunday "Peanuts" comic strip appeared in newspapers. Schulz had died the day before.
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