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1736 ~ Death of Gabriel Fahrenheit, German Physicist.

1795 ~ British captured Capetown South Africa.

1940 ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act.

1956 ~ Play-Doh was first introduced.

1959 ~ French President De Gaulle recognized Algerian right of self determination.

1968 ~ Candidate Richard Nixon appeared on Laugh-in.

1974 ~ U.S. President Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders.

1987 ~ The Montreal Protocol was signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.

1996 ~ The Howard Stern Radio Show premiered.

2009 ~ Death of Mary Travers, American singer (Peter, Paul, and Mary).