Mae West 1893 - Actress, singer, playwrite, screenwriter
- 1807 - Robert Fulton's "North River Steam Boat" (known as the "Clermont") began heading up New York's Hudson River on its successful round-trip to Albany.
- 1863 - Federal batteries and ships bombarded Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC, harbor during the Civil War.
- 1896 - The Klondike gold rush was set off by George Carmack discovering gold on Rabbit Creek in Alaska.
- 1915 - Charles F. Kettering received a patent for the first electric ignition device.
- 1996 - Ross Perot was announced to be the Reform Party's presidential candidate. It was the party's first-ever candidate.
- 1998 - U.S. President Clinton admitted to having an improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.
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