1773 – Captain James Cook commands the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
1867 – Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios (d. 1939) is born.
1893 – Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822) dies.
1893 – Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
1899 – The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
1904 – Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
1917 – The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
1922 – Betty White, American actress, game show panelist, television personality, and animal rights activist is born.
1927 – Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860) dies.
1929 – Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
1933 – Shari Lewis, American actress, puppeteer/ventriloquist, and television host (d. 1998) is born.
1942 – Muhammad Ali, American boxer and activist (d. 2016) is born.
1946 – The UN Security Council holds its first session.
1950 – The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
1954 – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American lawyer, radio host, and environmentalist is born.
1961 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
1964 – Michelle Obama, American lawyer and activist, 46th First Lady of the United States is born.
1969 – Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
1971 – Kid Rock, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor is born.
1994 – The 6.5–6.7 Mw Northridge earthquake shakes the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 57 people dead and more than 8,700 injured.
1997 – Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto (b. 1906) dies.
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website.
2007 – The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's nuclear testing.
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