Timothy Leary 1920
- 1797 - Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump. He made the jump from about 3,000 feet.
- 1836 - Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first constitutionally elected president of the Republic of Texas.
- 1844 - This day is recognized as "The Great Disappointment" among those who practiced Millerism. The world was expected to come to an end according to the followers of William Miller.
- 1962 - U.S. President Kennedy went on radio and television to inform the United States about his order to send U.S. forces to blockade Cuba. The blockade was in response to the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.
- 1981 - The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August.
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