1781 – The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
1790 – The first United States census is authorized.
1805 – Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.
1815 – Georgetown University's congressional charter is signed into law by President James Madison.
1836 – A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
1845 – United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
1867 – Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
1872 – Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
1873 – E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
1893 – Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
1910 – The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
1932 – Charles Lindbergh's son is reportedly kidnapped.
1936 – The Hoover Dam is completed.
1947 – Alan Thicke, Canadian-American actor and composer (d. 2016) is born.
1953 – Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
1954 – Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
1974 – Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
1989 – The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
1990 – Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
1994 – Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter is born.
1998 – Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
2003 – Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
2005 – In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.
2008 – The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections 2008, as a result ten people are killed.
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