1890 – President Benjamin Harrison signs legislation creating Yosemite National Park.
1908 – Henry Ford introduced the Model-T automobile, selling it for $825.
1938 – Nazi troops march into the Sudetenland, annexing the border regions of Czechoslovakia.
1949 – Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic of China.
1992 – Dallas billionaire Ross Perot announced his candidacy for the presidency. He called his group the Reform Party.
