1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
1879 – Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1950) is born.
1930 – Joan Mondale, American wife of Walter Mondale, 32nd Second Lady of the United States (d. 2014) is born.
1937 – Dustin Hoffman, American actor is born.
1945 – The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.
1947 – Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician is born.
1950 – Ken Kutaragi, Japanese businessman, created PlayStation is born.
1950 – Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879) dies.
1963 – Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6 million in bank notes.
1969 – At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the photo that becomes the cover of the Beatles album Abbey Road.
1973 – Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
1974 – President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
1976 – Drew Lachey, American singer and actor (98 Degrees) is born.
1976 – JC Chasez, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor ('N Sync) is born.
1981 – Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player is born.
1989 – Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs baseball player is born.
1989 – Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
2005 – John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (b. 1918) dies.
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