1751 - France sets plan to tax clergymen
1912 - First "Keystone Kops" silent slapstick comedy film, entitled "Hoffmeyer's Legacy" is released
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson signs the Federal Reserve Act, establishing the modern central banking system of the United States to manage the money supply and promote financial stability
1942 - Allies air attack on Den Helder, Netherlands
1951 - National Football League Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum: Los Angeles Rams beat Cleveland Browns 24-17; first coast-to-coast televised NFL title game

More Historical Events »

1819 - Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman, born at The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1889)
1922 - Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete (Olympic gold shot put, discus; bronze high jump 1948), born in Rang-du-Fliers, Pas-de-Calais, France (d. 2001)
1945 - Ron Bushy, American rock drummer (Iron Butterfly - “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2021)
1954 - Brian Teacher, American tennis player (Australian Open 1980), born in San Diego, California
1981 - Beth [Elisabeth Rodergas Cols], Spanish singer and actress, born in Súria, Catalonia

More Famous Birthdays »

1575 - Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531)
1948 - Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister durin...