1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
1630 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
1871 – In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
1872 – Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment
1887 – Chico Marx, American actor and singer (d. 1961) is born.
1894 – The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
1924 – Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded USA Today (d. 2013) is born.
1948 – Wolf Blitzer, German-American journalist is born.
1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber, English director and composer is born.
1952 – Bob Costas, American talk show host and sportscaster is born.
1954 – Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
1963 – The Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, is released in the United Kingdom.
1972 – The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
1972 – In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer is born.
1978 – Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1982 – NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
1984 – Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.
1989 – J. J. Watt, Houston Texans star football player is born.
1989 – Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player's skate accidentally slits his throat.
1992 – USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
1995 – Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
1997 – Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
1997 – The Comet Hale–Bopp has its closest approach to Earth.
2001 – William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1910) dies.
2014 – Forty-three people are killed in a mudslide near Oso, Washington.
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