1861 – Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City.
1905 – Walter A. Brown, American businessman, founded the Boston Celtics (d. 1964) is born.
1923 – Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
1933 – In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later.
1942 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
1947 – Crowds gathered at shop windows in Paris to see Christian Dior's New Look fashion - longer skirts, nipped-in waists and padded shoulders.
1954 – United States President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
1962 – Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
1962 – Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
1967 – The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
1981 – A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel–casino kills eight and injures 198.
1989 – Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
1992 – Alex Haley, American soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1921) dies.
1996 – IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
1997 – Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress is born.
2014 – Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (b. 1928) dies.
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