1776 – American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
1891 – SS Utopia collides with HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
1919 – Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host (d. 1965) is born.
1941 – In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1942 – Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
1947 – First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
1950 – Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
1958 – The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
1960 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
1964 – Rob Lowe, American actor and producer is born.
1968 – As a result of nerve gas testing in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead.
1973 – The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
1985 – Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.
1987 – Rob Kardashian, American television personality is born.
1992 – A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
1993 – Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900) dies.
2006 – Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach, DePaul University (b. 1913) dies.
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