David O. Selznick 1902 - Film producer (Movie: Gone with the Wind)
- 1773 - The English Parliament passed the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the American colonies. The legislation led to the Boston Tea Party.
- 1869 - Central Pacific and Union Pacific Rail Roads meet in Promontory, UT. A golden spike was driven in at the celebration of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S.
- 1908 - The first Mother's Day observance took place during a church service in Grafton, West Virginia.
- 1924 - J. Edgar Hoover was appointed head of the Bureau of Investigation. The department became known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
- 1933 - The Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.
- 1940 - Germany invaded Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
- 2013 - The IRS (Internal Revenue Service) apologized for the "inappropriate" targeting of conservative political groups about their tax-exempt status during the 2012 election.
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