William Jennings Bryan 1860 - American politician
- 1918 - The U.S. Congress approved Daylight-Saving Time.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler issued his "Nero Decree" which ordered the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands as German forces were retreating.
- 1963 - In Costa Rica, U.S. President John F. Kennedy and six Latin American presidents pledged to fight Communism.
- 1977 - The last episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" aired.
- 1987 - Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned from the PTL due to a scandal involving Jessica Hahn.
- 1998 - The World Health Organization warned of tuberculosis epidemic that could kill 70 million people in next two decades.
- 2000 - Vector Data Systems conducted a simulation of the 1993 Branch Davidian siege in Waco, TX. The simulation showed that the government had not fired first.
- 2001 - California officials declared a power alert and ordered the first of two days of rolling blackouts.