1718 - Laurence Eusden is appointed British Poet Laureate under George I
1899 - Delta Sigma Phi fraternity founded at City College of New York, to spread "the principles of friendship and brotherhood among college men, without respect to race or creed."
1946 - German/Swiss novelist Hermann Hesse wins the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style"
1958 - The first domestic passenger jet flight using a Boeing 707, with National Airlines flying a leased Pan Am 707 from New York to Miami
1981 - The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan's proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in South Asia.

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1941 - Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress (Rich Man Poor Man), born in Dublin, Ireland
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