Chester Nimitz 1885 - U.S. Navy Admiral, WWII Commander in Chief, signed the Japanese surrender papers
- 1839 - Mr. William S. Otis received a patent for the steam shovel.
- 1903 - In Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an area was leased to the U.S. for a naval base.
- 1938 - The first nylon bristle toothbrush was made. It was the first time that nylon yarn had been used commercially.
- 1981 - Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain's Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
- 1989 - Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sentenced Salman Rushdie to death for his novel "The Satanic Verses". A bounty of one to three-million-dollars was also put on Rushidie's head.
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