Earl Warren 1891 - 14th Chief Justice of the United States (1953-1969) and the 30th Governor of California.
- 1687 - French explorer La Salle was murdered by his own men while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, in the Gulf of Mexico.
- 1903 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Cuban treaty, gaining naval bases in Guantanamo and Bahia Honda.
- 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.
- 1998 - The World Health Organization warned of tuberculosis epidemic that could kill 70 million people in next two decades.
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