Malcolm X (Malcolm Little) 1925 - African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist
- 1643 - Delegates from four New England colonies met in Boston to form a confederation.
- 1856 - U.S. Senator Charles Sumner spoke out against slavery.
- 1911 - The first American criminal conviction that was based on fingerprint evidence occurred in New York City.
- 1921 - The U.S. Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, which established national quotas for immigrants.
- 1989 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average passed 2,500 for the first time. The close for the day was 2,501.1.
- 1992 - U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle criticized the CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown" for having its title character decide to bear a child out of wedlock.
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