Stephen Crane 1871
- 1512 - Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first exhibited to the public.
- 1765 - The British Parliament enacted The Stamp Act in the American colonies. The act was repealed in March of 1766 on the same day that the Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts which asserted that the British government had free and total legislative power of the colonies.
- 1870 - The U.S. Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations using 24 locations that provided reports via telegraph.
- 1950 - Two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to assassinate U.S. President Harry Truman. One of the men was killed when they tried to force their way into Blair House in Washington, DC.
- 1959 - Jacques Plante, of the Montreal Canadiens, became the first goalie in the NHL to wear a mask.
- 1989 - Tens of thousands of refugees fled to the West when East Germany reopened its border with Czechoslovakia.
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