Jimmy Carter 1924 - 39th President of the United States, 76th governor of Georgia
- 1890 - The U.S. Congress passed the McKinley Tariff Act. The act raised tariffs to a record level.
- 1908 - The Model T automobile was introduced by Henry Ford. The purchase price of the car was $850.
- 1938 - German forces enter Czechoslovakia and seized control of the Sudetenland. The Munich Pact had been signed two days before.
- 1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened as the first toll superhighway in the United States.
- 1962 - Johnny Carson began hosting the "Tonight" show on NBC-TV. He stayed with the show for 29 years. Jack Paar was the previous host.
- 1971 - Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, FL.
- 1989 - 7,000 East Germans were welcomed into West Germany after they were allowed to leave by the communist government.
- 2001 - San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ban Internet filters designed to keep pornography away from children at city libraries.
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