Upton Sinclair 1878
- 1519 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan was killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey.
- 1921 - KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA, started a daily radio newscast. It was one of the first in the U.S.
- 1977 - The first of the "boat people" arrived in San Francisco from Southeast Asia under a new U.S. resettlement program.
- 1984 - "The Cosby Show" premiered on NBC-TV.
- 1995 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted to drop the national speed limit. This allowed the states to decide their own speed limits.
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