Caesar Augustus 63 B.C.
- 1779 - John Paul Jones, commander of the American warship Bon Homme, was quoted as saying "I have not yet begun to fight!"
- 1806 - The Corps of Discovery, the Lewis and Clark expedition, reached St. Louis, MO, and ended the trip to the Pacific Northwest.
- 1846 - Astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune.
- 1951 - The first transcontinental telecast was received on the west coast. The show "Crusade for Freedom" was broadcast by CBS-TV from New York.
- 1952 - Richard Nixon gave his "Checkers Speech". At the time he was a candidate for U.S. vice-president.
- 1957 - Nine black students withdrew from Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas due to the racist democrat, white mob outside.
- 1991 - U.N. weapons inspectors find documents detailing Iraq's secret nuclear weapons program. The find in Baghdad triggered a standoff with authorities in Iraq.
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