1808 – Nathan Kelley, American architect, designed the Ohio Statehouse (d. 1871) is born.
1829 – Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (d. 1902) is born.
1852 – John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes (d. 1943) is born.
1866 – Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (d. 1930) is born.
1893 – Wallace Fard Muhammad, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Islam (d. 1934) is born.
1903 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818) dies.
1919 – President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of the U.S. Congress establishing most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park - the Grand Canyon National Park.
1929 – President Calvin Coolidge signs an Executive Order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
1932 – Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Tennessee Three and The Highwaymen) (d. 2003) is born.
1966 – Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
1971 – U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
1972 – The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia.
1987 – Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
1993 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand.
2008 – The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea. The first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
2009 – Norm Van Lier, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster, Chicago Bulls (b. 1947) dies.
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