1782 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
1844 – University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
1876 – Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810) dies.
1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
1906 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (d. 1975) is born.
1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 ft (99 m).
1929 – Martin Luther King, Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) is born.
1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
1943 – The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.
1970 – William T. Piper, American engineer and businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (b. 1881) dies.
1973 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
1976 – Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
1979 – Drew Brees, American football player, New Orleans star quarterback, is born.
1981 – Pitbull, American rapper and producer is born.
1996 – Minnesota Fats, American billiards player (b. 1913) dies.
2001 – Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
2007 – James Hillier, Canadian-American computer scientist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (b. 1915) dies.
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