Ulysses S. Grant 1822 - 18th U.S. President, Lt. General in command of all Union armies during the U.S. Civil War, nickname: Hero of Appomattox
- 1521 - Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines.
- 1805 - A force led by U.S. Marines captured the city of Derna, on the shores of Tripoli.
- 1861 - West Virginia seceded from Virginia after Virginia seceded from the Union during the American Civil War.
- 1880 - Francis Clarke and M.G. Foster patented the electrical hearing aid.
- 1950 - South Africa passed the Group Areas Act, which formally segregated races.
- 1965 - "Pampers" were patented by R.C. Duncan.
- 1978 - Pro-Soviet Marxists seized control of Afghanistan.
- 1982 - The trial of John W. Hinckley Jr. began in Washington. Hinckley was later acquitted by reason of insanity for the shooting of U.S. President Reagan and three others.
- 1989 - Student protestors took over Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
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