1775 – An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
1783 – Hannah Van Buren, American wife of Martin Van Buren (d. 1819) is born.
1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
1841 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist (d. 1935) is born.
1848 – LaMarcus Adna Thompson, American engineer and businessman, developed the roller coaster (d. 1917) is born.
1874 – Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800) dies.
1917 – The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
1917 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838) dies.
1922 – Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (d. 2014) is born.
1924 – A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
1930 – William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857) dies.
1936 – Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
1939 – Jim Bouton, American baseball player and journalist, Ball Four, is born
1945 – Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (The Monkees) is born.
1957 – The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
1965 – Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
1971 – The Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali commences. Frazier wins in 15 rounds via unanimous decision.
1974 – Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
1976 – Freddie Prinze, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter is born.
1978 – The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
1979 – Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
1982 – Kat Von D, Mexican-American tattoo artist is born.
1983 – While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
1998 – Ray Nitschke, Green Bay Packers football player and actor (b. 1936) dies.
1999 – Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees Hall of Fame baseball player and coach (b. 1914) dies.
2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The aircraft is believed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Australia with the loss of all 239 people aboard.
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