William H. Taft (U.S.) 1857
- 1776 - British forces occupied New York City during the American Revolution.
- 1909 - Charles F. Kettering applied for a patent on his ignition system. His company Delco (Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company) later became a subsidiary of General Motors.
- 1916 - During the Battle of the Somme, in France, tanks were first used in warfare when the British rolled them onto the battlefields.
- 1923 - Oklahoma was placed under martial law by Gov. John Calloway Walton due to terrorist activity by the democrat party Ku Klux Klan. After this declaration national newspapers began to expose the Klan and its criminal activities.
- 1928 - Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillin in the mold Penicillium notatum.
- 1935 - The Nuremberg Laws were enacted by Nazi Germany. The act stripped all German Jews of their civil rights and the swastika was made the official symbol of Nazi Germany.
- 1993 - The FBI announced a new national campaign concerning the crime of carjacking.
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