Bill Engvall 1957 - Comedian ("Blue Collar TV")
- 1804 - The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. With the amendment Electors were directed to vote for a President and for a Vice-President rather than for two choices for President.
- 1866 - Cyrus Field successfully completed the Atlantic Cable. It was an underwater telegraph from North America to Europe.
- 1921 - Canadian biochemist Frederick Banting and associates announced the discovery of the hormone insulin.
- 1940 - Bugs Bunny made his official debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon "A Wild Hare."
- 1955 - The Allied occupation of Austria ended.
- 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson sent an additional 5,000 advisers to South Vietnam.
- 1967 - U.S. President Johnson appointed the Kerner Commission to assess the causes of the violence in the wake of urban rioting.
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