1957 "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac, the defining novel of the Beat Generation, was published.
1958 "Doctor Zhivago" by Russian author Boris Pasternak was published in the United States.
1975 President Gerald R. Ford escaped an attempt on his life in Sacramento, Calif., by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson.
1997 Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, India, at age 87.
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