Charles Kuralt 1934
- 1813 - The first defeat of British naval squadron occurred in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The leader of the U.S. fleet sent the famous message "We have met the enemy, and they are ours" to U.S. General William Henry Harrison.
- 1846 - Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine.
- 1899 - A second quake in seven days hit Yakutat Bay, AK. It measured 8.6.
- 1913 - The Lincoln Highway opened. It was the first paved coast-to-coast highway in the U.S.
- 1953 - Swanson began selling its first "TV dinner."
- 1979 - U.S. President Carter granted clemency to four Puerto Rican nationalists who had been imprisoned for an attack on the U.S. House of Representatives in 1954 and an attempted assassination of U.S. President Truman in 1950.
- 1998 - U.S. President Clinton met with members of his Cabinet to apologize, ask forgiveness and promise to improve as a person in the wake of the scandal involving Monica Lewinsky.
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