Otto Von Bismarck 1815 - First chancellor of united Germany
- 1778 - Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, created the "$" symbol.
- 1826 - Samuel Mory patented the internal combustion engine.
- 1889 - The first dishwashing machine was marketed (in Chicago).
- 1948 - The Berlin Airlift began.
- 1960 - The U.S. launched TIROS-1. It was the first weather satellite.
- 1979 - Iran was proclaimed to be an Islamic Republic by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after the fall of the Shah.
- 1982 - The U.S. President Carter transferred the Canal Zone to Panama.
- 1987 - U.S. President Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, "We've declared AIDS public health enemy No. 1."