- 1782 – The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
- 1920 – The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen
- 1927 – The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
- 1939 – Marguerite Perey discovers Francium, the last element first discovered in nature, rather than by synthesis.
- 1953 President Harry Truman announced that the United States had developed the hydrogen bomb.
- 1980 – President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
- 1999 – The Senate trial in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton begins.
- 2003 – President George W. Bush proposed a tax-cut package of $670 billion over 10 years.
