44 BC – Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman (b. 100 BC) dies.
1767 – Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845) is born.
1783 – In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
1820 – Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state.
1864 – American Civil War: The Red River Campaign : U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.
1866 – Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor, invented the Paper clip (d. 1910) is born
1875 – Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
1906 – Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
1916 – United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
1927 – The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
1933 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge is born.
1956 – My Fair Lady debuts on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
1965 – President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
1985 – The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).
1990 – Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
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