Will Rogers (William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers) 1879 - Cowboy, vaudeville performer, actor
- 1842 - Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, IL.
- 1846 - A patent for an artificial leg was granted to Benjamin Palmer.
- 1880 - James and John Ritty patented the first cash register.
- 1956 - Soviet forces enter Hungary in order to suppress the uprising that had begun on October 23, 1956.
- 1979 - Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 63 Americans hostage (90 total hostages). The militants, mostly students, demanded that the U.S. send the former shah back to Iran to stand trial. Many hostages were later released, but 52 were held for the next 14 months.
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