1784 – Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
1864 – The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
1890 – Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1971) is born.
1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented.
1912 – Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996) is born.
1942 – World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
1954 – First flight of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
1960 – Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895) dies.
1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
1978 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player is born.
1987 – The American male basketball team lost the gold medal to Brazilian team at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis. The final score was 120–115 and triggered changes in this sport basis in USA, resulting in the "Dream Team".
1988 – Jeremy Lin, American basketball player is born.
1990 – Seth Curry, American basketball player is born
1990 – Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
1994 – Eugene Bullard, the only black pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
1996 – Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.'
2003 – Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and manager (b. 1946) dies.
2011 – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
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