Penn Jillett 1955 - Magician (Penn and Teller)
- 1624 - In the American colony of Virginia, the upper class was exempted from whipping by legislation.
- 1836 - Samuel Colt's Patent Arms Manufacturing of Paterson, New Jersey, was chartered by the New Jersey legislature.
- 1922 - "Annie Oakley" (Phoebe Ann Moses) broke all existing records for women's trap shooting. She hit 98 out of 100 targets.
- 1933 - The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections.
- 1943 - Germany called fifteen- and sixteen-year-olds for military service due to war losses.
- 1946 - Winston Churchill delivered his "Iron Curtain Speech".
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