Svetlana Allilueva 1926 - Author, daughter of Russian leader Joseph Stalin
- 1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first railroad incorporated for commercial transportation of people and freight.
- 1854 - The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI. About 50 slavery opponents began the new political group.
- 1979 - Mr. Ed, the talking horse from the TV show "Mr. Ed", died.
- 1983 - "M*A*S*H" became the most watched television program in history when the final episode aired.
- 1993 - U.S. Federal agents raided the compound of an armed religious cult in Waco, TX. The ATF had planned to arrest the leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, on federal firearms charges. Four agents and six Davidians were killed and a 51-day standoff followed.
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