1147 First historical record of Moscow.
1492 Ambrosius Blarer (born), German reformer (died 1564)
1581 Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
1609 Carolus Clusius (died), Flemish botanist and doctor (born 1526)
1617 John Napier (died), Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (born 1550)
1646 Antoine Galland (born), French orientalist and archaeologist (died 1715)
1743 Daniel Neal (died), English historian (born 1678)
1761 Theodore Gardelle (died), Swiss painter (born 1722)
1766 John Taylor (died), English scholar (born 1704)
1774 Oliver Goldsmith (died), Irish-English author, poet, and playwright (born 1728)
1792 James Sykes (died), American lawyer and politician (born 1725)
1802 Dorothea Dix (born), American activist (died 1887)
1807 Jérôme Lalande (died), French astronomer (born 1732)
1812 U.S. President James Madison enacts a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
1814 Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
1818 The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).
1835 John Hughlings (born) Jackson, English neurologist (died 1911)
1841 William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and with the shortest term served (born 1773).
1842 Édouard Lucas (born), French mathematician (died 1891)
1843 William Henry Jackson (born), American painter and photographer (died 1942)
1850 Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
1853 Tad Lincoln (born), American son of Abraham Lincoln (died 1871)
1859 Bryant’s Minstrels debut “Dixie” in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
1863 Ludwig Emil Grimm (died), German painter and engraver (born 1790)
1870 Heinrich Gustav Magnus (died), German chemist and physicist (born 1802)
1873 The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
1874 Charles Ernest Beulé (died), French archaeologist and politician (born 1826)
1883 Peter Cooper (died), American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union (born 1791)
1887 Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
1890 Edmond Hébert (died), French geologist (born 1812)
1895 Arthur Murray (born), American dancer and educator (died 1991)
1906 John Cameron Swayze (born), American journalist (died 1995)
1912 Isaac K. Funk (died), American minister, lexicographer, and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (born 1839)
1919 William Crookes (died), English chemist and physicist (born 1832)
1923 John Venn (died), English mathematician and philosopher, created the Venn diagram (born 1834)
1928 Maya Angelou (born), American author, poet, actress, and director
1929 Karl Benz (died), German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (born 1844)
1931 André Michelin (died), French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (born 1853)
1932 Clive Davis (born), American record producer, founded Arista Records and J Records
1933 Bill France, Jr. (born), American businessman (died 2007)
1938 A. Bartlett Giamatti (born), American academic (died 1989)
1939 Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
1939 Hugh Masekela (born), South African singer-songwriter and trumpet player
1939 Major Lance (born), American singer (died 1994)
1942 Kitty Kelley (born), American journalist and author
1944 Craig T. Nelson (born), American actor
1946 Dave Hill (born), English guitarist (Slade)
1948 Berry Oakley (born), American bass player (The Allman Brothers Band) (died 1972)
1948 Pick Withers (born), English drummer (Dire Straits and Magna Carta)
1949 Junior Braithwaite (born), Jamaican-American singer (Bob Marley and the Wailers) (died 1999)
1949 Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1964 The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
1965 Robert Downey, Jr. (born), American actor, singer, screenwriter, and producer
1967 Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech in New York City’s Riverside Church.
1968 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee (born 1929).
1968 Robert F. Kennedy’s speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1969 Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
1973 The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
1975 Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico
1983 Gloria Swanson (died), American actress, singer, and producer (born 1899)
1983 Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
1984 Oleg Antonov (died), Russian-Ukrainian engineer and businessman, founded Antonov (born 1906)
1984 President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
1988 Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
1994 Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name “Mosaic Communications Corporation”.
2001 Ed Roth (died), American illustrator (born 1932)
2013 Roger Ebert (died) American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (born 1942)
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