1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now Florida.
1792 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
1872 – Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (b. 1791) dies.
1875 – Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (d. 1940) is born.
1900 – The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
1902 – "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
1907 – Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991) is born.
1908 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003) is born.
1912 – The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.
1917 – World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
1939 – Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (The Moonglows) (d. 1984) is born.
1956 – As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
1972 – Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
1975 – Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Canada. It reaches 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure.
1980 – United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
1982 – Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
1986 – Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist most widely known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
1989 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
1991 – Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
1992 – In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
2005 – Pope John Paul II (b. 1920) dies.
2006 – Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
2012 – A mass shooting at Oikos University at Oakland, California, leaves seven people dead and three injured.
2014 – Lucy Hood, American businesswoman, founded Fox Mobile Entertainment (b. 1957) dies.
2014 – A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood Army Base near the town of Killeen, Texas, with four people dead, including the gunman, and 16 others sustaining injuries.
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