1608 – Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1819 – The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
1839 – The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State College, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
1852 – Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco.
1884 – Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
1886 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen: The first purpose-built automobile.
1886 – The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
1890 – Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1938 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
1952 – The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
1956 – Montel Williams, American talk show host and television personality is born.
1971 – Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter (The Doors and Rick & the Ravens) (b. 1943) dies.
1979 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
1980 – Olivia Munn, American actress is born.
1988 – United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
1993 – Don Drysdale, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1936) dies.
2012 – Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1926) dies.
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