- 1755 – Alexander Hamilton is born. He became the Founding Father with the best musical about his life.
- 1807 – Ezra Cornell is born. He founded the Western Union Telegraph Company and co-founded Cornell University.
- 1878 – Delivery of milk in glass bottles begins in Brooklyn, New York.
- 1885 – Alice Paul is born. She later founded the National Women’s Party, was instrumental in the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920 and 1923, began the campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment.
- 1908 – Theodore Roosevelt make the Grand Canyon a national monument.
- 1922 – Doctors give insulin to a diabetic patient for the first time.
- 1935 – Amelia Earhart makes the first solo flight from Hawaii to North America.
- 1964 – U.S. Surgeon General first announced definitive link between cancer and smoking
- 1989 – President Reagan gives his farewell address.
- 2010 – Miep Gies, who hid Anne Frank, dies at 100.
