1745 – Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (d. 1779) is born.
1789 – In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
1791 – Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
1794 – The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
1826 – Theodore Judah, American engineer, founded the Central Pacific Railroad (d. 1863) is born.
1837 – The city of Chicago is incorporated.
1865 – The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
1893 – Charles Herbert Colvin, American engineer, co-founded the Pioneer Instrument Company (d. 1985) is born.
1906 – Avery Fisher, American violinist and engineer, founded Fisher Electronics (d. 1994) is born.
1907 – Eleanor "Sis" Daley, American wife of Richard J. Daley (d. 2003) is born.
1908 – The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
1909 – U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State
1913 – The United States Department of Labor is formed.
1918 – The USS Cyclops departs from Barbados and is never seen again, presumably lost with all hands in the Bermuda Triangle.
1926 – Richard DeVos, American businessman, co-founded Amway is born.
1974 – People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
1982 – Landon Donovan, American soccer player is born.
1983 – Bertha Wilson is appointed the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada.
1985 – The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
1986 – Mike Krieger, Brazilian businessman, co-founded Instagram is born.
1990 – Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967) dies.
1994 – John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1950) dies.
1996 – A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, US, causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
1998 – Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
2008 – Gary Gygax, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1938) dies.
2013 – Lilian Cahn, Hungarian-American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (b. 1923) dies.
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