Hattie McDaniel dies. She was the first black recipient of an Oscar. She received her award for her role in the film Gone with the Wind.

In 1947 Hillary Clinton, American Secretary of State, is born.
In 1958 the company Pan American Airways made the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707. The plane flew between New York and Paris.
In 2000 in the USA Playstation 2 appears on shop shelves.
In 2002 in a Moscow theatre 50 Chechen rebels and about 150 hostages were killed, when Russian commandos stormed the theatre after the rebels took over 800 people hostage two and a half days earlier. .
MUSIC HISTORY
1974 - Barry White with his album 'Can't Get Enough' takes the No. 1 spot on the American charts; on the album is the song 'You're the First, the Last, My Everything'.
1985 - Whitney Houston is at the top of the American charts with the song 'Saving All My Love For You'.
1991 – the duo Erasure is No. 1 on the British albums chart with 'Chorus', on which are also the singles 'Love To Hate You' and the title song 'Chorus.'
BORN ON THIS DAY
1911 – Mahalia Jackson, queen of gospel (1931 'You Better Run, Run, Run').
1963 - Natalie Merchant, singer in 10,000 Maniacs (1993 'Candy Everybody Wants').