1726 – Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1642) dies.
1760 – The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
1861 – An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
1922 – Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter is born.
1922 – The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
1923 – The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
1942 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
1943 – Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (d. 2015) is born.
1948 – With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
1952 – The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan.
1974 – An unsuccessful attempt is made by a lone perpetrator to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.
1985 – Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
1987 – The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
1999 – Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California.
2015 – A Solar eclipse, equinox, and a Supermoon all occur on the same day.
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