1791 – HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
1835 – Melbourne is founded.
1836 – The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
1918 – Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (d. 2002) is born.
1930 – Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist is born.
1937 – Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (d. 1970) is born.
1938 – Max Factor, Sr., Polish-American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (b. 1877) dies.
1945 – Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.
1945 – The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1972 – Cameron Diaz, American model, actress, and producer is born.
1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
2006 – Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1916) dies.
2015 – Wes Craven, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1939) dies.
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