Albert Camus, French writer and philosopher, died, 1960
Utah became the 45th US state, 1896
Chinese and North Koreans captured Seoul, South Korea, 1951
Sputnik 1 destroyed on reentry, 1958
First address delivered to US Congress (George Washington), 1790
Thomas Stearns Eliot, poet, died, 1965
Snowstorm hit Washington’s army at Morristown, New Jersey, 1780
Burma became an independent nation, 1948
First US-born saint (Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton) died, 1821
Charlie Mingus, jazz musician, died, 1979
Thomas Nelson, signer of the Declaration of Independence, died, 1789
Amtrak/Conrail collision (16 killed), 1987
Christopher William Isherwood, author (“Sally Bowles”), died, 1986
Henri Bergson, French philosopher, died, 1941
10,000 Italian troops landed in Spain to aid in the Spanish Civil War, 1937
Screen version of “High Sierra” released, 1941
First US appendectomy performed (Dr. William Grant of Davenport, Iowa), 1885
First automatic subway train (New York City), 1962