David Niven 1910 - Actor ("The Guns of Navarone")
- 1692 - In Salem Village, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Salem witch trials began. Four women were the first to be charged.
- 1781 - In America, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation.
- 1803 - Ohio became the 17th U.S. state.
- 1845 - U.S. President Tyler signed the congressional resolution to annex the Republic of Texas.
- 1872 - The U.S. Congress authorized the creation of Yellowstone National Park. It was the world's first national park.
- 1873 - E. Remington and Sons of Ilion, NY, began the manufacturing the first practical typewriter.
- 1954 - Five U.S. congressmen were wounded when four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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