1789 – George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration
1808 – Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (d. 1873) is born.
1836 – U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
1850 – Daniel Chester French, American sculptor, designed the Lincoln statue (d. 1931) is born.
1861 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
1862 – Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment falsifying the theory of spontaneous generation.
1871 – The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law.
1889 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian-German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1945) is born.
1912 – Bram Stoker, Irish-English author, created Count Dracula (b. 1847) dies.
1912 – Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
1916 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
1926 – Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.
1939 – Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday is celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany.
1939 – Billie Holiday records the first civil rights song "Strange Fruit".
1951 – Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (Change) (d. 2005) is bornn.
1961 – Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people and injured 21 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
2007 – Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2008 – Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
2010 – The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.
2015 – Doug Buffone, American football player, Chicago Bears, and sportscaster (b. 1944) dies.
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