William F. Buckley, Jr. 1925
- 1871 - The National Rifle Association was incorporated in the U.S.
- 1903 - Clyde J. Coleman received the patent for an electric self-starter for an automobile.
- 1947 - The "Hollywood 10," were cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about alleged Communist influence in their industry.
- 1963 - Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald live on national television.
- 1971 - Hijacker Dan Cooper, known as D.B. Cooper, parachuted from a Northwest Airlines 727 over Washington state with $200,000 in ransom.
- 1993 - Robert Thompson and Jon Venables (both 11 years old) were convicted of murdering 2-year-old James Bulger of Liverpool, England. They were both sentenced to "indefinite detention."
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