1844 – Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
1880 – Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1968) is born.
1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
1899 – A. E. J. Collins scores 628 runs not out, the highest-ever recorded score in cricket.
1899 – Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (d. 1981) is born.
1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
1954 – The 1954 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
1957 – Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
1966 – J. J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter is born.
1971 – After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East in New York, New York, the "Church of Rock and Roll".
1974 – U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
1982 – Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
1984 – Khloé Kardashian, American model, businesswoman, and radio host is born.
1985 – U.S. Route 66 is officially removed from the United States Highway System.
2013 – NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
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