Tom Wolfe 1931 - Author
- 1807 - The U.S. Congress passed an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
- 1917 - The Russian Revolution began with Czar Nicholas II abdicating.
- 1933 - The motion picture King Kong had its world premiere in New York.
- 1969 - In Toulouse, France, the supersonic transport Concorde made its first test flight.
- 1987 - The U.S. government reported that the median price for a new home had gone over $100,000 for the first time.
- 2016 - The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved sanctions on North Korea that included mandatory inspections of cargo leaving and entering North Korea, a ban on all sales and transfers of small arms and light weapons and expulsion of diplomats that engage in "illicit activities." The sanctions were in reaction to the latest nuclear test and rocket launch in defiance of a ban on all nuclear-related activity.
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