1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.
1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
1867 – United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.
1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
1902 – The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
1922 – Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor is born.
1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
1973 – The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.
1973 – Seth Meyers, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and talk show host is born.
1978 – John Legend, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor is born.
1978 – With the crew investigating a problem with the landing gear, United Airlines Flight 173 runs out of fuel and crashes in Portland, Oregon, killing ten. As a result, United Airlines instituted the industry's first crew resource management program.
2013 – Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (b. 1919) dies.
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