Betty Grable 1916 - Actress, dancer, model, singer
- 1862 - The first orthopedic hospital was organized in New York City. It was called the Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled.
- 1903 - The Panama Canal Zone was acquired 'in perpetuity' by the U.S. for an annual rent.
- 1912 - The discovery of the Piltdown Man in East Sussex was announced. It was proved to be a hoax in 1953.
- 1957 - The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania went online. It was the first nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States. It was taken out of service in 1982.
- 1996 - Despite a U.N. truce, factional fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, broke out in which at least 300 fighters and civilians were killed.
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