1817 – The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
1837 – Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
1883 – The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
1902 – Louis J. Weichmann, American clerk, witness in Abraham Lincoln assassination trial (b. 1842) dies.
1941 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2004) is born.
1946 – A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
1947 – Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
1953 – Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment is born.
1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
1968 – Robert F. Kennedy, a U.S. presidential candidate, is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian. Kennedy dies the next day.
1971 – Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch) is born.
1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
2001 – Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
2004 – Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, dies at 93.
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