H. Ross Perot 1930
- 1693 - "The Ladies' Mercury" was published by John Dunton in London. It was the first women's magazine and contained a "question and answer" column that became known as a "problem page."
- 1787 - Edward Gibbon completed "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." It was published the following May.
- 1893 - The New York stock market crashed. By the end of the year 600 banks and 74 railroads had gone out of business.
- 1929 - Scientists at Bell Laboratories in New York revealed a system for transmitting television pictures.
- 1954 - The world's first atomic power station opened at Obninsk, near Moscow.
- 1955 - The state of Illinois enacted the first automobile seat belt legislation.
- 2002 - In the U.S., the Securities and Exchange Commission required companies with annual sales of more than $1.2 billion to submit sworn statements backing up the accuracy of their financial reports.
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