1803 – Sarah Childress Polk, American wife of James K. Polk, 14th First Lady of the United States (d. 1891) is born.
1846 – Daniel Burnham, American architect, designed the World's Columbian Exposition (d. 1912) is born.
1882 – Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age.
1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1901 – William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars (d. 1985) is born.
1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1957 – American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
1957 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
1968 – Mike Piazza, American Hall of Fame baseball player is born.
1972 – Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
1977 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
1981 – Beyoncé, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress (Destiny's Child) is born.
1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
2001 – Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
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