- 1859 – A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is published
- 1921 – Mongolia becomes independent (from China)
- 1934 – Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer was born
- 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt says he will run for a fourth term as President of the United States
- 1950 – Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank
- 1955 – The phrase In God We Trust is added to all US currency
- 1977 – Martin Luther King is posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom
- 1987 – According to the United Nations, the world population crosses the 5,000,000,000 mark
- 1991 – A Nationair DC-8 crashed during an emergency landing at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing 261. The Canadian charter was ferrying Hajj pilgrims on behalf of Nigeria Airways
- 2004 – CIA Director George Tenet leaves his position at the CIA
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