1764 – The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
1809 – Cyrus McCormick, American journalist and businessman, co-founded International Harvester (d. 1884) is born.
1812 – Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (d. 1902) is born.
1870 – Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
1879 – Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
1898 – The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
1909 – Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian, helped hide Anne Frank and her family (d. 2010) is born.
1928 – Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator, created Clifford the Big Red Dog (d. 2014) is born.
1933 – Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887) dies.
1933 – In Miami, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
1946 – ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
1951 – Jane Seymour, English-American actress, producer, and jewelry designer is born.
1954 – Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
1964 – Chris Farley, American comedian and actor (d. 1997) is born.
1965 – A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
1992 – Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.
2001 – The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
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