1776 – American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
1831 – George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (d. 1897) is born.
1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1859 – The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.
1873 – Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
1885 – The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
1904 – Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder.
1910 – Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
1913 – Thousands of women march in a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.
1923 – TIME magazine is published for the first time.
1931 – The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
1940 – Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded Perry Ellis (d. 1986) is born.
1951 – Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
1980 – The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
1982 – Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer is born.
1991 – An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
2005 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
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