Upton Sinclair 1878
- 1519 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan was killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey.
- 1881 - Chester A. Arthur became the 21st president of the U.S. President James A. Garfield had died the day before.
- 1962 - James Meredith, a black student, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Governor Ross R. Barnett. Meredith was later admitted.
- 1977 - The first of the "boat people" arrived in San Francisco from Southeast Asia under a new U.S. resettlement program.
- 1984 - "The Cosby Show" premiered on NBC-TV
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