1803 – Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh at 11 in the morning.
1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.
1886 – The 7.0 Mw Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people were killed and damage is estimated at $5–6 million.
1888 – Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit.
1924 – Buddy Hackett, American actor and singer (d. 2003) is born.
1935 – Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager is born.
1940 – Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
1943 – USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
1949 – Richard Gere, American actor and producer is born.
1952 – Kim Kashkashian, American viola player and educator is born.
1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
2006 – Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
2013 – David Frost, English journalist and game show host (b. 1939) dies.
2015 – Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English politician, founded the National Motor Museum (b. 1926) dies.
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