John Bell Hood 1831 - American general
- 1813 - During the War of 1812, Captain James Lawrence of the USS Chesapeake gave the order "Don't give up the ship." The Chesapeake lost the battel with the British frigate HMS Shannon.
- 1861 - The first skirmish of the U.S. Civil War took place at the Fairfax Court House, Virginia.
- 1869 - Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric voting machine.
- 1974 - The Heimlich maneuver, used for rescuing choking victims, was published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
- 2009 - General Motors filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The filing made GM the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.
- 2021 - The Biden administration suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The act reversed a drilling program approved by the Trump administration.
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