George Burns 1896
- 1841 - The island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain. It returned to Chinese control in July 1997.
- 1885 - The roller coaster was patented by L.A. Thompson.
- 1942 - Nazi officials held the Wannsee conference, during which they arrived at their "final solution" that called for exterminating Europe's Jews.
- 1944 - The British RAF dropped 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.
- 1981 - Iran released 52 Americans that had been held hostage for 444 days. The hostages were flown to Algeria and then to a U.S. base in Wiesbaden, West Germany. The release occurred minutes after the U.S. presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.
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