1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
1883 – Karl Marx, German philosopher and theorist (b. 1818) dies.
1900 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.
1903 – The Hay–Herrán Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate would later reject the treaty.
1903 – The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is established by US President Theodore Roosevelt.
1910 – Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vents to atmosphere.
1920 – Hank Ketcham, American author and cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (d. 2001) is born.
1921 – S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A (d. 2014) is born.
1932 – Naina Yeltsina, Russian wife of Boris Yeltsin, First Lady of Russia is born.
1932 – George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (b. 1854) dies.
1933 – Quincy Jones, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer is born.
1936 – The first all-sound film version of Show Boat opens at Radio City Music Hall. (There had been a part-talkie, part-silent version of Show Boat in 1929.)
1951 – Jerry Greenfield, American businessman, co-founded Ben & Jerry's is born.
1960 – Kirby Puckett, Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame baseball player (d. 2006) is born
1964 – A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
1967 – The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
1995 – Space exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
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