1789 – In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
1791 – Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
1794 – The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
1826 – Theodore Judah, American engineer, founded the Central Pacific Railroad (d. 1863) is born.
1837 – The city of Chicago is incorporated.
1861 – The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
1865 – The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
1882 – Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
1890 – The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520 m) long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.
1906 – Avery Fisher, American violinist and engineer, founded Fisher Electronics (d. 1994) is born.
1908 – The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
1909 – U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State
1913 – The United States Department of Labor is formed.
1917 – Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
1926 – Richard DeVos, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway is born.
1933 – Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
1957 – The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
1974 – People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
1985 – The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
1986 – Mike Krieger, Brazilian-American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Instagram is born.
1990 – Hank Gathers, college basketball star at Loyola Marymount University colapses and dies during a game. (b. 1967)
1994 – John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1950) dies.
1998 – Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
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