1857 – Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
1864 – Montana is organized as a United States territory.
1868 – Michael Barrett was the last person to be publicly executed in Great Britain
1869 – Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1886 – Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American singer and actor (d. 1950) is born.
1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
1897 – Dracula, a novel by the Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
1907 – John Wayne, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1979) is born.
1907 – Ida Saxton McKinley, American wife of William McKinley, 25th First Lady of the United States (b. 1847) dies.
1922 – Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (d. 2009) is born.
1923 – The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
1926 – Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (Miles Davis Quintet) (d. 1991) is born.
1939 – Brent Musburger, American sportscaster is born.
1939 – Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865) dies.
1948 – Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter (Fleetwood Mac) is born.
1948 – The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
1949 – Hank Williams Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist is born.
1964 – Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor is born.
1969 – Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889) dies.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
1972 – The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1977 – George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center.
1981 – Ben Zobrist, Chicago Cubs 2nd Baseman is born.
1998 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
2002 – The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
2004 – United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
2008 – Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934) dies.
2010 – Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (b. 1912) dies.
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