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Events
- 1803 - The Supreme Court of the United States, in Marbury v. Madison, establishes the principle of judicial review.
- 1831 - The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
- 1839 - William Otis receives a patent for the steam shovel.
- 1863 - Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
- 1868 - The first parade to have floats is staged at Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
- 1868 - Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
- 1893 - The American University is chartered by an act of the Congress of the United States of America.
- 1899 - Western Washington University is established.
- 1909 - The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded.
- 1917 - World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if that country declares war on the United States.
- 1925 - A thermite (magnesium) bomb is used for the first time to break up a 250,000-ton ice jam clogging the St. Lawrence River near Waddington, New York.
- 1938 - A nylon-bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product (DuPont) to be made with nylon yarn.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
- 1970 - National Public Radio is founded in the United States.
- 1983 - A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
- 1989 - United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.
- 1995 - The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
- 1999 - The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery, in spite of Germany's legal action to attempt to save him.
Births
- 1836 - Winslow Homer, American artist (d. 1910)
- 1874 - Honus Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1955)
- 1885 - Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d. 1966)
- 1890 - Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
- 1909 - August Derleth, American writer (d. 1971)
- 1914 - Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965)
- 1919 - Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian turned American international civil servant (d. 2004)
- 1921 - Abe Vigoda, American actor
- 1921 - Douglass Watson, American actor (d. 1989)
- 1922 - Steven Hill, American actor
- 1923 - David Soyer, American cellist
- 1926 - John Gunther Dean, American diplomat
- 1928 - Barbara Lawrence, American actress
- 1931 - Dominic Chianese, American actor
- 1933 - Judah Folkman, American cancer researcher
- 1938 - James Farentino, American actor
- 1938 - Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer
- 1940 - Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
- 1941 - Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
- 1942 - Joe Lieberman, American politician
- 1943 - Terry Semel, American business executive
- 1945 - Barry Bostwick, American actor
- 1947 - Edward James Olmos, American actor
- 1951 - Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
- 1955 - Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer
- 1956 - Paula Zahn, American journalist
- 1956 - Eddie Murray, American baseball player
- 1958 - Sammy Kershaw, American musician
- 1959 - Beth Broderick, American actress
- 1962 - Michelle Shocked, American musician
- 1962 - Teri Weigel, American pornography actress
- 1964 - Todd Field, American actor and film director
- 1966 - Billy Zane, American actor
- 1968 - Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (d. 2005)
- 1970 - Jeff Garcia, American football player
- 1970 - Jonathan Ward, American television and movie actor
- 1970 - Kienast quintuplets, American quintuplets
- 1973 - Chris Fehn, American percussionist (Slipknot)
- 1974 - Chad Hugo, American musician and producer (The Neptunes)
- 1976 - Matt Skiba, American musician (Alkaline Trio, Heavens)
- 1976 - Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist
- 1976 - Crista Flanagan, American television comedian
- 1977 - Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
- 1978 - John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run)
- 1982 - Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
- 1984 - Corey Graves, American professional wrestler
- 1989 - Kosta Koufos, American-Greek basketball player
Deaths
- 1815 - Robert Fulton, American inventor (b. 1765)
- 1914 - Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg
- 1970 - Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
- 1982 - Virginia Bruce, America actress and singer (b. 1910)
- 1989 - Sparky Adams, American baseball player (b. 1894)
- 1990 - Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
- 1990 - Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (b. 1917)
- 1990 - Johnnie Ray, American singer (b. 1927)
- 1991 - George Gobel, American comedian (b. 1919)
- 1991 - Webb Pierce, American music singer (b. 1921)
- 1994 - Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
- 1999 - Andre Dubus, American writer (b. 1936)
- 2001 - Claude E. Shannon, American information theorist (b. 1916)
- 2002 - Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (b. 1932)
- 2004 - John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)
- 2006 - Octavia Butler, American author and MacArthur Foundation Fellow (b. 1947)
- 2006 - Don Knotts, American actor (b. 1924)
- 2006 - Dennis Weaver, American actor (b. 1924)
- 2007 - Bruce Bennett, American actor (b. 1906)
- 2007 - Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (b. 1932)
- 2007 - Lamar Lundy, American football player (b. 1935)
- 2007 - Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)