Yakov Smirnoff 1951 - Comedian
- 1848 - James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California. The discovery led to the gold rush of '49.
- 1922 - Christian K. Nelson patented the Eskimo Pie.
- 1924 - The Russian city of St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad. The name has since been changed back to St. Petersburg.
- 1935 - Krueger Brewing Company placed the first canned beer on sale in Richmond, VA.
- 1989 - Ted Bundy, the confessed serial killer, was put to death in Florida's electric chair for the 1978 kidnap-murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach.
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