1631 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal.
1763 – Fire destroys a large part of Montreal
1860 – Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
1883 – Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building (d. 1969) is born.
1897 – Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991) is born.
1896 – The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
1910 – The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
1912 – Perry Como, American singer and actor (d. 2001) is born.
1920 – Pope John Paul II (d. 2005) is born.
1927 – Andrew Kehoe, American educator and murderer, committed the Bath School disaster (b. 1872) dies.
1927 – The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
1933 – New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
1953 – Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
1970 – Tina Fey, American actress, producer, and screenwriter is born.
1979 – Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft is born.
1980 – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
2005 – A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
2014 – Jerry Vale, American singer and actor (b. 1932) dies.
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