Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1900
- 1767 - The British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts. The acts imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America.
- 1888 - Professor Frederick Treves performed the first appendectomy in England.
- 1903 - The British government officially protested Belgian atrocities in the Congo.
- 1917 - The Ukraine proclaimed independence from Russia.
- 1926 - Fascists in Rome added an hour to the work day in an economic efficiency measure.
- 1953 - The Federal Highway Act authorized the construction of 42,500 miles of freeway from coast to coast.
- 2007 - The first generation Apple iPhone went on sale.
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