Erich Maria Remarque 1898
- 1807 - British seamen board the USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to the War of 1812.
- 1832 - J.I. Howe patented the pin machine.
- 1874 - Dr. Andrew Taylor Still began the first known practice of osteopathy.
- 1933 - Germany became a one political party country when Hitler banned parties other than the Nazis.
- 1970 - U.S. President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It required that the voting age in the United States to be 18.
- 1990 - Checkpoint Charlie was dismantled in Berlin.
- 1999 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that persons with remediable handicaps cannot claim discrimination in employment under the Americans with Disability Act.
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