Erik H. Erickson 1902 - Psychologist and psychoanalyst
- 1215 - King John of England put his seal on the Magna Carta.
- 1381 - The English peasant revolt was crushed in London.
- 1667 - Jean-Baptiste Denys administered the first fully-documented human blood transfusion. He successfully transfused the blood of a sheep to a 15-year old boy.
- 1775 - George Washington was appointed head of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress.
- 1844 - Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for the process that strengthens rubber.
- 1982 - In the capital city of Stanley, the Falklands war ended as Argentine troops surrendered to the British.
- 1992 - U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle instructed a student to spell "potato" with an "e" on the end during a spelling bee. He had relied on a faulty flash card that had been written by the student's teacher.
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