1783 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
1847 – Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
1884 – Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the tractor (d. 1960) is born.
1916 – Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer (d. 2009) is born.
1922 – In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
1939 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
1946 – Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States is born.
1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
1955 – Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (b. 1867) dies.
1961 – Jeff Probst, American television host, Survivor, and producer is born,
1962 – The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
1969 – Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor is born.
1969 – Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer is born.
1979 – Iran hostage crisis: A mob of Iranians, mostly students, overruns the US embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages (53 of whom are American).
1992 – George Klein, Canadian engineer, invented the motorized wheelchair (b. 1904) dies.
2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African descent to be elected President of the United States.
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