1527 – The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.
1678 – Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
1852 – Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
1859 – The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York.
1877 – William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805) dies.
1900 – The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
1907 – Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
1913 – A major labour dispute, known as the Wheatland hop riot, starts in Wheatland, California.
1921 – Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
1926 – Tony Bennett, American singer and actor is born.
1936 – Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
1946 – Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
1949 – The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger, that would create the National Basketball Association
1972 – The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1975 – A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
1977 – Tom Brady, New England Patriots star football player is born.
2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
2008 – Skip Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1939) dies.
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