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Events
- 1916 - Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
- 1918 - The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
- 1931 - Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
- 1944 - World War II: German forces occupy Hungary.
- 1946 - French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
- 1979 - The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
- 1982 - Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the U.K.
Births
- 1813 - David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
- 1821 - Richard Francis Burton, British explorer, diplomat and author (d. 1890)
- 1848 - Wyatt Earp, American policeman and gunfighter (d. 1929)
- 1849 - Alfred von Tirpitz, German World War I Admiral (d. 1930)
- 1860 - William Jennings Bryan, 41st United States Secretary of State (d. 1925)
- 1891 - Earl Warren, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1974)
- 1905 - Albert Speer, German NSDAP official (d. 1981)
- 1906 - Adolf Eichmann, German official (d. 1962)
- 1925 - Brent Scowcroft, US National Security Advisor
- 1944 - Sirhan Sirhan, convicted assassin of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
- 1956 - Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician and economist.
Deaths
- 1286 - King Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241)
- 1930 - Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
- 1950 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (b. 1875)
- 2008 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction author and inventor (b. 1917)
