John Pershing 1860
- 1759 - The French were defeated by the British on the Plains of Abraham in the final French and Indian War.
- 1788 - The Constitutional Convention decided that the first federal election was to be held on Wednesday the following February. On that day George Washington was elected as the first president of the United States. In addition, New York City was named the temporary national capital.
- 1789 - The United States Government took out its first loan.
- 1922 - In El Azizia, Libya, the highest shade temperature was recorded at 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 1943 - Chiang Kai-shek became the president of China.
- 1981 - U.S. Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig said the U.S. had physical evidence that Russia and its allies used poisonous biological weapons in Laos, Cambodia and Afghanistan.
- 1988 - Forecasters reported that Hurricane Gilbert's barometric pressure measured 26.13. It was the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere.
- 1994 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signed a $30 billion crime bill into law.
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