Cesar Chavez 1927 - Labor leader, founder of National Farm Workers Association
- 1885 - Binney & Smith Company was founded in New York City. The company later became Crayola, LLC.
- 1917 - The U.S. purchased and took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.
- 1940 - La Guardia airport in New York officially opened to the public.
- 1949 - Winston Churchill declared that the A-bomb was the only thing that kept the U.S.S.R. from taking over Europe.
- 1980 - U.S. President Carter deregulated the banking industry.
- 2004 - Air America Radio launched five stations around the U.S.
- 2004 - Google Inc. announced that it would be introducing a free e-mail service called Gmail.
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