1919 — A local post of the American Legion was organized on this date and chartered as the Lynn Shelton Post No. 27 in honor of Lynn Shelton, who was killed in France while trying to carry the body of a wounded friend back to safety.
2004 — Former President Bill Clinton, a former Fayetteville resident and University of Arkansas law professor, signed copies of his book, My Life, at the Wal-Mart on Mall Avenue on this day. More than 1,500 people stood in line, many of them overnight, to get their books autographed.