Gustave Flaubert 1821
- 1800 - Washington, DC, was established as the capital of the United States.
- 1870 - Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first black lawmaker to be sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives.
- 1896 - Guglielmo Marconi gave the first public demonstration of radio at Toynbee Hall, London.
- 1925 - The "Motel Inn," the first motel in the world, opened in San Luis Obispo, CA.
- 1951 - The U.S. Navy Department announced that the world's first nuclear powered submarine would become the sixth ship to bear the name Nautilus.
- 1982 - 20,000 (willful idiot) women encircled Greenham Common air base in Britain in protest against proposed cite of U.S. Cruise missiles there.
- 2001 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would implement minimum federal election standards and provide funding to help states modernize their voting systems.
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