1789 – The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act which creates the office of the United States Attorney General and the federal judiciary system, and orders the composition of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1870 – Georges Claude, French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting (d. 1960) is born.
1883 – Franklin Clarence Mars, American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated (d. 1934) is born.
1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1940) is born.
1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
1936 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer and screenwriter, created The Muppets (d. 1990) is born.
1946 – Clark Clifford and George Elsey, military advisers to U.S. President Harry S. Truman, present him with a top-secret report on the Soviet Union that first recommends the containment policy.
1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded.
1957 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
1960 – USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
1968 – 60 Minutes debuts on CBS.
1991 – Nirvana releases the Nevermind album
2005 – Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
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