| 1935 | Parker Brothers company launches "Monopoly," a game of real estate and capitalism. | |
| 1940 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected for third term. | |
| 1968 | Shirley Chisholm of Brooklyn, New York, becomes the first elected African American woman to serve in the House of Representatives. | |
| 1913 | Vivien Leigh, British actress famous for her role as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind. | |
| 1942 | Art Garfunkel, American singer, one half of "Simon and Garfunkel." | |
| 1943 | Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor. | |