1813 – War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
1865 – Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936) is born.
1896 – Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
1905 – Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
1914 – Bert Parks, American actor and singer (d. 1992) is born.
1919 – Lincoln's Inn in London, England, UK admits its first female bar student.
1928 – Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008) is born.
1934 – John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005) is born.
1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
1948 – The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at Broadway's New Century Theatre in midtown Manhattan, New York, and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.
1957 – Matt Lauer, American television journalist and anchor is born.
1965 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
1970 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932) dies.
1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
1981 – In the 39th game of his third NHL season, Wayne Gretzky scores five goals, giving him 50 on the year and setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy, who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
1984 – LeBron James, American basketball player and producer is born.
1986 – Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and producer is born.
2006 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
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