1830 – The Great Fire of New Orleans begins.
1833 – United States President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
1847 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican–American War in California.
1893 – U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
1888 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
1908 – The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
1910 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
1913 – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
1926 – Michael Bond, English soldier and author, created Paddington Bear is born.
1929 – Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848) dies.
1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
1962 – Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (b. 1919) dies.
1966 – Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison
1978 – United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
1978 – Hubert Humphrey, American pharmacist, academic, and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911) dies.
1990 – Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
1993 – Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
2010 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (b. 1950) dies.
2016 – Lawrence Phillips, American football player (b. 1975) dies.
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