John Stuart Mill 1806 - Editor, philosopher
- 1506 - In Spain, Christopher Columbus died in poverty.
- 1774 - Britain's Parliament passed the Coercive Acts to punish the American colonists for their increasingly anti-British behavior
- 1775 - North Carolina became the first colony to declare its independence.
- 1873 - Levi Strauss began marketing blue jeans with copper rivets.
- 1899 - Jacob German of New York City became the first driver to be arrested for speeding. The posted speed limit was 12 miles per hour.
- 1927 - Charles Lindbergh took off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris aboard his airplane the "Spirit of St. Louis." The trip took 33 1/2 hours.
- 1932 - Amelia Earhart took off to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She became the first woman to achieve the feat.
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