1909 – Barry Goldwater, American general and politician (d. 1998) is born
1920 – Isaac Asimov, American chemist and author (d. 1992) is born
1942 – World War II: Manila, Philippines is captured by Japanese forces.
1942 – Dennis Hastert, American educator and politician; 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is born
1955 – Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera is assassinated.
1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
1967 – Ronald Reagan sworn in as Governor of California
1968 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor and producer is born
1974 – Tex Ritter, American singer and actor (b. 1905) dies
1990 – Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (b. 1921) dies
1999 – A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13 °F (-25 °C); 68 deaths are reported.
2006 – An explosion in a coal mine in Sago, West Virginia traps and kills 12 miners, while leaving one miner in critical condition.
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