1609 – William Sprague, English-American settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) is born.
1675 – William Sprague, English-American settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609) dies.
1776 – Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
1825 – The Erie Canal opens: Passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
1854 – C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (d. 1914) is born.
1861 – The Pony Express officially ceases operations.
1863 – The Football Association, the oldest football association in the world, is formed in London.
1874 – Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art (d. 1948) is born.
1866 – John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803) dies.
1881 – The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
1921 – The Chicago Theatre opens.
1922 – Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother of Barack Obama (d. 2008) is born.
1931 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859) dies.
1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
1946 – Pat Sajak, American journalist, actor, and game show host is born.
1958 – Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
1967 – Keith Urban, New Zealand-American singer-songwriter and guitarist is born.
1970 – Muhammad Ali faces off against Jerry Quarry in Atlanta, Georgia for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus from evading to be drafted in the Vietnam War.
1984 – "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon.
2001 – The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
2012 – Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1932) dies.
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