1698 – Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
1774 – First Continental Congress assembles in secret in Philadelphia.
1781 – Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
1882 – 10,000 workers marched in the first Labor Day parade in New York City.
1906 – The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22-0 victory over Carrol College.
1939 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a proclamation declaring U.S. neutrality in World War II. The U.S. joined the war in 1941.
1972 – A Palestinian terrorist group called “Black September” attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two died in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
1975 – Lynnette “Squeaky” Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, attempts to assassinate President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California.