Elizabeth I 1533 - Queen of England
- 1813 - The nickname "Uncle Sam" was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States. The reference appeared in an editorial in the New York's Troy Post.
- 1822 - Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.
- 1921 - Margaret Gorman of Washington, DC, was crowned the first Miss America in Atlantic City, NJ.
- 1966 - The final episode of the original "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was aired on CBS-TV.
- 1971 - "The Beverly Hillbillies" was seen for the final time on CBS-TV.
- 1977 - The Panama Canal treaties were signed by U.S. President Carter and General Omar Torrijos Herrera. The treaties called for the U.S. to turn over control of the canal's waterway to Panama in the year 2000.
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