1921
- the 1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills strike begins in Madras, India.
1932
- Soviet poet Robert Rozhdestvensky is born.
1945
- The transfer of Nazi war criminals to the United States under Operation Paperclip is approved by the US government.
1979
- ABC News journalist Bill Stewart is murdered by the US backed Nicaraguan National Guard during the Nicaraguan Revolution.