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Events
- 1800 – Via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later.
- 1832 – Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
- 1854 – The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.
- 1880 – John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
- 1880 – First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
- 1890 – Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
- 1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
- 1908 – Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
- 1910 – A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
- 1928 – Newark Liberty International Airport opens up being the first airport in the New York City metro area.
- 1931 – The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
- 1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.*1947 – The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
- 1953 – A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
- 1957 – First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
- 1958 – The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
- 1961 – The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.*1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.*1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
- 1982 – EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
- 1994 – Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
- 2017 – Fifty-eight people are killed and 869 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.
Births
- 1712 – William Shippen, American physician and politician (d. 1801)
- 1881 – William Boeing, American engineer and businessman who founded the Boeing Company (d. 1956)
- 1893 – Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter (d. 1974)
- 1896 – Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1937)
- 1899 – Ernest Haycox, American author (d. 1950)
- 1909 – Sam Yorty, American captain, politician, and 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
- 1913 – Harry Lookofsky, American violinist and producer (d. 1998)
- 1914 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, author, and 12th Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
- 1915 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author (d. 2016)
- 1919 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1920 – Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1921 – James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1924 – Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 – Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014)
- 1924 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
- 1924 – Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011)
- 1927 – Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American lawyer and judge (d. 2006)
- 1929 – Grady Chapman, American singer (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1931 – Alan Wagner, American radio host and critic (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
- 1935 – Walter De Maria, American sculptor and drummer (d. 2013)
- 1938 – Mary McFadden, American fashion designer
- 1938 – Stella Stevens, American actress and director
- 1939 – George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
- 1940 – Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion
- 1940 – Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist, who wrote Women and Madness (1972)
- 1942 – Herb Fame, American R&B singer
- 1943 – Jerry Martini, American saxophonist
- 1943 – Robert Slater, American author and journalist (d. 2014)
- 1945 – Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach
- 1945 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1979)
- 1947 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2009)
- 1947 – Stephen Collins, American actor and director
- 1948 – Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
- 1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (d. 2010)
- 1950 – Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
- 1950 – Randy Quaid, American actor
- 1952 – Bob Myrick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
- 1952 – Earl Slick, American rock guitarist and songwriter
- 1953 – Pete Falcone, American baseball player
- 1955 – Howard Hewett, American R&B singer-songwriter
- 1955 – Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
- 1959 – Brian P. Cleary, American author and poet
- 1960 – Joshua Wurman, American scientist, Doppler on Wheels inventor, and storm chaser
- 1961 – Rico Constantino, American wrestler and manager
- 1962 – Esai Morales, American actor
- 1963 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player and coach
- 1964 – Christopher Titus, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 – Mike Pringle, American-Canadian football player
- 1967 – Scott Young, American ice hockey player and coach
- 1968 – Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1968 – Jon Guenther, American author and engineer
- 1968 – Jay Underwood, American actor and pastor
- 1969 – Zach Galifianakis, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 – Joseph Patrick Moore, American musician, composer, and producer
- 1969 – Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist and producer
- 1973 – Christian Borle, American actor and singer
- 1973 – John Mackey, American composer
- 1973 – John Thomson, American baseball player and coach
- 1976 – Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
- 1978 – Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
- 1978 – Leticia Cline, American model and journalist
- 1979 – Curtis Axel, American wrestler
- 1979 – Rudi Johnson, American football player
- 1979 – Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
- 1980 – Sarah Drew, American actress*1984 – Matt Cain, American baseball player
- 1995 – Lauren Hill, American basketball player (d. 2015)
Deaths
- 1837 – Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
- 1864 – Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
- 1885 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
- 1895 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American chemist, physicist, and academic (b. 1836)
- 1953 – John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
- 1955 – Charles Christie, American film producer who founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
- 1961 – Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
- 1975 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
- 1984 – Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
- 1985 – E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
- 1986 – Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
- 1990 – Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)
- 1997 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1923)
- 2002 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher, diplomat, and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1908)
- 2004 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
- 2006 – Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (b. 1938)
- 2008 – John Biddle, American cinematographer (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Mark R. Kravitz, American lawyer and judge (b. 1950)
- 2013 – Arnold Burns, American lawyer, politician, and 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Tom Clancy, American author (b. 1947)
- 2013 – Jim Rountree, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
- 2014 – José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)
- 2015 – Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1915)
- 2017 – Dave Strader, American sportscaster