Margaret Sanger 1879
- 1814 - Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner," a poem originally known as "Defense of Fort McHenry," after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, MD, during the War of 1812. The song became the official U.S. national anthem on March 3, 1931.
- 1866 - George K. Anderson patented the typewriter ribbon.
- 1899 - In New York City, Henry Bliss became the first automobile fatality.
- 1901 - U.S. President William McKinley died of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, at age 42, succeeded him.
- 1959 - Luna II, a Soviet space probe, became the first man-made object on the moon when it crashed on the surface.
- 2001 - The FBI released the names of the 19 suspected hijackers that had taken part in the September 11 terror attacks on the U.S.
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