- 1789 – French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles to confront Louis XVI.
- 1857 – The city of Anaheim, California is founded.
- 1914 – World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft for the first time with gunfire.
- 1921 – The World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time.
- 1947 – In the first televised Oval Office address, President Truman asks Americans to reduce grain consumption to help starving Europeans.
- 1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
- 1982 – Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
- 2011 – Apple founder Steve Jobs dies.
