Jeff Foxworthy 1958
- 1620 - The Pilgrims left on the Mayflower from Plymouth, England to settle in the New World.
- 1819 - Thomas Blanchard patented a machine called the lathe.
- 1901 - U.S. President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz. Czolgosz, an American anarchist, was executed the following October.
- 1909 - Robert Peary, American explorer, sent word that he had reached the North Pole. He had reached his goal five months earlier.
- 1941 - Jews in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear the Star of David with the word "Jew" inscribed. The order only applied to Jews over the age of 6.
- 2008 - The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) would be placed in government conservatorship.
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