Martin Van Buren (U.S.) 1782
- 1848 - U.S. President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of '49 by confirming the fact that gold had been discovered in California.
- 1904 - The Russian fleet was destroyed by the Japanese at Port Arthur, during the Russo-Japanese War.
- 1932 - German physicist Albert Einstein was granted a visa making it possible for him to travel to the U.S.
- 1945 - The so-called "Lost Squadron" disappeared. The five U.S. Navy Avenger bombers carrying 14 Navy flyers began a training mission at the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station. They were never heard from again.
- 1951 - The first push button-controlled garage opened in Washington, DC.
- 1985 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 for the first time.
- 1988 - Jim Bakker and former aide Richard Dortch were indicted by a federal grand jury in North Carolina on fraud and conspiracy charges.
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