1806 – Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
1845 – The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
1846 – Astronomers Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
1900 – William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816) dies.
1909 – The Phantom of the Opera (original title: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra), a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux, is first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
1911 – Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
1913 – Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
1920 – Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2014) is born.
1926 – André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (d. 2013) is born.
1930 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2004) is born.
1949 – Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist is born.
1962 – The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
1980 – Bob Marley plays what would be his last concert in Pittsburgh.
1986 – Jim Deshaies of the Houston Astros sets a major league record by striking out the first eight batters he faces in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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