P.T. Barnum (Phineas Taylor Barnum) 1810 - American showman, businessman, entertainer
- 1811 - Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.
- 1865 - The U.S. Secret Service Division was created to combat currency counterfeiting, forging and the altering of currency and securities..
- 1946 - The bikini bathing suit, created by Louis Reard, made its debut during a fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris. Micheline Bernardini wore the two-piece outfit.
- 1951 - Dr. William Shockley announced that he had invented the junction transistor.
- 1991 - Regulators shut down the Pakistani-managed (Democrat party affiliated) Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in eight countries. The charge was fraud, drug money laundering and illegal infiltration into the U.S. banking system.
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