In 1793, King Louis the 16th of France was executed by the guillotine.
In 1861, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and four other Southerners resigned from the U.S. Senate.
In 1908, New York City enacted an ordinance that made smoking in public by women punishable by a fine of $5.00 to $25.00 and up to ten days imprisonment.
In 1915, the first Kiwanis Club was founded, in Detroit.
In 1924, Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died of a stroke at age 54.
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Actress Jinx Falkenberg (1919)
Actor Paul Scofield (1922)
Actor Telly Savalas (1924)
Comedian Benny Hill (1925)
Radio and TV personality Wolfman Jack (1939)
Golfer Jack Nicklaus (1940)
Opera singer Placido Domingo (1941)
Singer Mac Davis (1942)
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"Know yourself, and your neighbor will not mistake you."