Penn Jillett 1955 - Magician (Penn and Teller)
- 1624 - In the American colony of Virginia, the upper class was exempted from whipping by legislation.
- 1770 - "The Boston Massacre" took place when British troops fired on a crowd in Boston killing five people. Two British troops were later convicted of manslaughter.
- 1842 - A Mexican force of over 500 men under Rafael Vasquez invaded Texas for the first time since the revolution. They briefly occupied San Antonio, but soon headed back to the Rio Grande.
- 1901 - Germany and Britain began negotiations with hopes of creating an alliance.
- 1933 - The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections.
- 1946 - Winston Churchill delivered his "Iron Curtain Speech".
- 1956 - The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ban on segregation in public schools.
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