Pearl S. Buck 1892
- 1804 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the mouth of the Kansas River after completing a westward trek of nearly 400 river miles.
- 1819 - The bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr.
- 1900 - The United States announced that it would send troops to fight against the Boxer rebellion in China.
- 1900 - A commission that included Dr. Walter Reed began the fight against the deadly disease yellow fever.
- 1948 - The Berlin Airlift began as the U.S., Britain and France started ferrying supplies to the isolated western sector of Berlin.
- 1959 - U.S. President Eisenhower joined Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in ceremonies officially opening the St. Lawrence Seaway.
- 1963 - U.S. President John Kennedy announced "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) at the Berlin Wall.
- 1974 - In Troy, Ohio, a Marsh supermarket installed the first bar code scanning equipment, made by IBM, and a product with a bar code was scanned for the first time. The product was Juicy Fruit gum.
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