1783 - American Revolutionary War : The United Kingdom formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the United States of America .
1787 - Shay's Rebellion fails
1789 - George Washington is unanimously elected to be the first President of the United States by the Electoral College .
1861 - American Civil War : In Montgomery, Alabama the Confederate States of America is formed by delegates from six break-away United States .
1899 - Philippine-American War
1927 - The first talkie is released - The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson
1932 - World War II : Japan occupies Harbin, China
1932 - 1932 Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York
1936 - Radium E. becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
1938 - Thornton Wilder 's play Our Town New York City ).
1941 - World War II : The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
1945 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin begin the Yalta Conference .
1948 - Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka ) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth .
1969 - Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
1974 - The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California .
1976 - In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
1976 - 1976 Winter Olympics open in Innsbruck , Austria
1977 - Fleetwood Mac releases one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, Rumours 1980 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Bani-Sadr[?] as president of Iran
1991 - The Baseball Hall of Fame votes to ban Pete Rose
1997 - O.J. Simpson is found to be civilly liable for the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson[?] and Ron Goldman[?] .
1997 - On their way to Lebanon two Israeli troop-transport helicopters collide killing 73.
1997 - After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
1998 - An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
1999 - Hugo Chávez Frías , Venezuelan military and politician, is elected President of Venezuela .
1999 - Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo[?] is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, enflaming race-relations in the city.
1842 - Arrigo Boito , poet and composer (+ 1918 )
1871 - Friedrich Ebert , president of the Weimar Republic (+ 1925 )
1881 - Fernand Leger , painter (+ 1955 )
1897 - Ludwig Erhard , German Bundeskanzler (Federal Chancellor) (+ 1977 )
1900 - Jacques Prevert , lyricist and author (+ 1977 )
1902 - Charles Lindbergh , aviator (+ 1974 )
1904 - MacKinlay Kantor[?] , historian (+ 1977 )
1906 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer , theologian (+ 1945 )
1906 - Clyde Tombaugh , astronomer (+ 1997 )
1913 - Rosa Parks , civil rights activist
1914 - Alfred Andersch , narrator and author of radio drama (+ 1980 )
1914 - Ida Lupino[?] , actress, director, writer (+ 1995 )
1921 - Betty Friedan , feminist
1925 - Russell Hoban[?] , writer
1940 - George Romero[?] , horror movie writer, producer, director
1947 - Dan Quayle , Vice President of the United States
1948 - Alice Cooper , musician
1959 - Lawrence Taylor[?] , American football star
1962 - Clint Black , country musician
1964 - Noodles , guitarist of The Offspring
1970 - Gabrielle Anwar[?] , actress
1973 - Oscar De La Hoya , boxing champion
1975 - Natalie Imbruglia , musician
211 - Septimius Severus , Emperor of Rome
708 - Pope Sisinnius[?]
1894 - Adolphe Sax , instrument maker, inventor of the saxophone
1928 - Hendrik Lorentz , Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate
1958 - Henry Kuttner[?] , science fiction author
1968 - Neal Cassady , writer
1969 - Thelma Ritter[?] , actress
1975 - Louis Jordan , musician
1978 - Bergen Evans[?] , television host[?]
1983 - Karen Carpenter[?] , singer, musician
1987 - Liberace , musician
1995 - Patricia Highsmith , author
2001 - Iannis Xenakis , Greek /French composer
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