- 1531 – Pope Clement VII forbids King Henry VIII from remarrying. We all know the rest of the story….
- 1643 – The first divorce was granted in the American colonies.
- 1781 – Benedict Arnold captures and destroys Richmond, Virginia.
- 1858 – The U.S. Patent Office issues patent No. 19063 is issued to Ezra J. Warner of Waterbury, Connecticut for a can opener.
- 1893 – Sigrid Schultz, war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, interviewed Hitler, reported on German-Russian non-aggression pact, wrote articles on German concentration camps.
- 1895 – Rebecca Lancefield is born, pioneer microbiologist, published effects of streptococcal infections(1919), president of Society of American Bacteriologist (1943), elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1970).
- 1920 – New York Yankees acquire Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000.
- 1925 – Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as Wyoming’s 14th governor and the first woman Governor in U.S. history. Wyoming has not elected another woman governor since.
- 1933 – Construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge
- 1943 – George Washington Carver dies at the Tuskegee Institute.
- 1949 – President Truman delivers his Fair Deal speech.
- 1972 – President Nixon launches space shuttle program.
- 1998 – Sonny Bono is killed in a skiing accident in South Lake Tahoe, California.
