- 1803 – Marbury v. Madison confirms the legal principle of judicial review.
- 1864 – Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first Black woman to receive an M.D. degree.
- 1868 – President Andrew Johnson impeached on 11 articles of impeachment.
- 1912 – Henrietta Szold founds Hadassah, the largest Jewish organization in American history, focusing on healthcare and education in Israel and the U.S.
- 1946 – Juan Perón elected in Argentina.
- 1955 – Steve Jobs is born.
- 1967 – Jocelyn Bell Burnell makes the first discovery of a pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star.
- 1977 – US President Jimmy Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights.
- 1984 – Prince Charles gets engaged to Lady Diana Spencer.
- 1988 – Supreme Court defends right to satirize public figures
- 1991 – Gulf War ground offensive begins
- 2020 – Katherine G. Johnson, the groundbreaking NASA mathematician featured in Hidden Figures, dies at age 101.
