Vance Packard 1914 - Journalist, social critic, author
- 1761 - In Philadelphia, the first life insurance policy was issued in the U.S.
- 1841 - Henry Kennedy received a patent for the first reclining chair.
- 1849 - Abraham Lincoln received a patent for the floating dry dock.
- 1872 - The Amnesty Act restored civil rights to Southerners.
- 1892 - Dr. Washington Sheffield invented the toothpaste tube.
- 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined his goals for his "Great Society."
- 1967 - "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" premiered on PBS.
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