In 1749, German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt.
In 1774, Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, was born in New York City.
In 1828, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy was born near Tula.
In 1916, Italy's declaration of war against Germany took effect during World War I.
In 1963, 200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil rights rally in Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.