1735 – John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (d. 1826) is born.
1748 – Martha Jefferson, American wife of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1782) is born.
1864 – Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch".
1922 – Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy.
1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
1939 – Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model is born.
1945 – Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color line.
1960 – Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
1972 – A collision between two commuter trains in Chicago kills 45 and injures 332.
1974 – The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire. Ali wins by KO in the eighth round, regaining the title of World Heavyweight Champion and causing Foreman´s first professional defeat.
1981 – Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman is born.
1985 – Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
2002 – Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (Run–D.M.C.) (b. 1965) dies.
2005 – Al López, American baseball player and manager (b. 1908) dies.
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