1847

American inventor Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio.

1937

A six-week-old sit-down strike against General Motors ended, with the company agreeing to recognize the United Automobile Workers Union.

1945

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin signed the Yalta Agreement, in which Stalin agreed to declare war against Imperial Japan following Nazi Germany’s capitulation.

1979

Followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seized power in Iran.

1990

South African Black activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity.

2006

Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded Harry Whittington, a companion during a weekend quail-hunting trip in Texas.

Birthdays

Gospel singer Jimmy Carter is 92. Actor Tina Louise is 90. Bandleader Sergio Mendes is 83. Actor Philip Anglim is 72. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is 71. Actor Catherine Hickland is 68. Rock musician David Uosikkinen is 68. Actor Carey Lowell is 63. Singer Sheryl Crow is 62. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is 60. Actor Jennifer Aniston is 55.