1781 – American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
1846 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
1855 – King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (d. 1932) is born.
1914 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and that it would pay a "living wage" of at least US$5 for a day's labor.
1925 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
1928 – Walter Mondale, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Vice President of the United States is born.
1933 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
1933 – Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872) dies.
1934 – Phil Ramone, South African-American songwriter and producer, co-founded A & R Recording (d. 2013) is born.
1944 – The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
1949 – United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
1957 – In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
1963 – Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896) dies.
1972 – United States President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
1998 – Sonny Bono, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician (b. 1935) dies.
2004 – Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist, co-developed penicillin (b. 1911) dies.
2005 – Eris, the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory.
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