1835 – Adlai Stevenson I, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1914) is born.
1861 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases.
1915 – Women's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000–33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote.
1925 – Johnny Carson, American comedian and talk show host (d. 2005) is born.
1939 – Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872) dies.
1940 – Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor is born.
1946 – The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
1948 – Hermann Hauser, Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory is born.
1957 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (b. 1905) dies.
1958 – The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series, appear for the first time in the story La flute à six schtroumpfs, a Johan and Peewit adventure by Peyo, which is serialized in the weekly Spirou magazine.
1959 – "Weird Al" Yankovic, American singer-songwriter, comedian, and actor is born.
1973 – The Watergate scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.
1998 – Swatch Internet Time, a measure of 1000 "beats" per day was inaugurated by the Swatch Group.
2012 – After 38 years, the world's first teletext service (BBC's Ceefax) ceases broadcast due to Northern Ireland completing the digital switchover.
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