1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
1848 – California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco.
1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
1882 – James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1941) is born.
1883 – Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter, created Zorro (d. 1958) is born.
1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
1897 – Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's (d. 1972) is born.
1913 – Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
1922 – Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
1922 – James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2002) is born.
1925 – Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
1934 – The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
1935 – Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
1947 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (d. 2009) is born.
1969 – Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887) dies.
1979 – Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (b. 1957) dies.
1980 – Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
1992 – Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality; Miss America telecast presenter (b. 1914) dies.
2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
2005 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905) dies.
2014 – Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1967) dies.
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