1757 – Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
1846 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
1911 – Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's second oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
1914 – George Reeves, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1959) is born.
1914 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and that it would pay a "living wage" of at least $5 for a day's labor.
1928 – Walter Mondale, American soldier, lawyer, and politician; 42nd Vice President of the United States is born.
1933 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
1933 – Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872) dies.
1963 – Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896) dies.
1969 – Marilyn Manson, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director is born.
1972 – United States President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
1993 – The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
1998 – Sonny Bono, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician (b. 1935) dies.
2005 – Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory.
2014 – A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine.
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