1607 – Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
1787 – In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
1836 – The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
1913 – Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
1919 – Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844) dies.
1925 – Oona O'Neill, Bermudian-Swiss wife of Charlie Chaplin (d. 1991) is born.
1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
1944 – George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm is born.
1973 – Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook is born.
1988 – Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
1989 – Rob Gronkowski, New England Patriots football player is born
1993 – William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1908) dies.
1997 – Harry Blackstone, Jr., American magician and author (b. 1934) dies.
1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915) dies.
2015 – B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1925) dies.
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