1522 – The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition, returns to Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower.
1628 – Puritans settle Salem which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally in a general election.
1901 – President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, New York. Mckinley died eight days later.
1916 – The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee.
1972 – Nine Israeli athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games by a Palestinian terror group died at the hands of their kidnappers during a failed rescue attempt.
1995 – Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131 consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
