Menachem Begin (Israel) 1913
- 1777 - During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Bennington took place. New England's minutemen routed the British regulars.
- 1812 - Detroit fell to Indian and British troops in the War of 1812.
- 1861 - U.S. President Lincoln prohibited the Union states from trading with the states of the Confederacy.
- 1923 - Carnegie Steel Corporation put into place the eight-hour workday for its employees.
- 1954 - Sports Illustrated was published for the first time. It was claimed that 250,000 subscriptions had been sold before the first issue came off of the presses.
- 1999 - In Russia, Vladimir V. Putin was confirmed as prime minister by the lower house of parliament.
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