1788 – American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
1798 – The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.
1805 – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
1829 – Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
1860 – Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (d. 1951) is born.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh ends: The Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeats the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee.
1891 – Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (d. 1958) is born.
1891 – P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810) dies.
1920 – Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (d. 2012) is born.
1927 – First long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
1933 – Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment.
1940 – Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
1947 – Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863) dies.
1948 – The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
1954 – Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor, martial artist, director, producer, and screenwriter is born.
1954 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
1955 – Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
1967 – Film critic Roger Ebert published his very first film review in the Chicago Sun-Times.
1968 – Motor racing world champion Jim Clark was killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
1971 – President Richard Nixon announces his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
1978 – Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
1980 – The United States severs relations with the Iran.
1983 – During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.
1999 – The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
2003 – U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
2009 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1947) dies.
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