1498 – Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà.
1740 – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon (d. 1810) is born.
1768 – Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
1821 – The University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is officially opened.
1845 – Mary Ann Nichols, English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888) is born.
1906 – Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist, developed the polio vaccine (d. 1993) is born.
1910 – Mother Teresa, Macedonian-Indian nun and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) is born.
1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
1930 – Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883) dies.
1970 – Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter is born.
1974 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (b. 1902) dies.
2002 – Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa.
2011 – The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA
2015 – Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.
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