John Hancock 1737 Served as president of the First and Second Continental Congresses (1775-1777). He was the first signer of the United States' Declaration of Independence.
- 1556 - An earthquake in Shanxi Province, China, was thought to have killed about 830,000 people.
- 1845 - The U.S. Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
- 1937 - In Moscow, seventeen people went on trial during Josef Stalin's "Great Purge."
- 1964 - Ratification of the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was completed. This amendment eliminated the poll tax in federal elections.
- 1968 - North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging it had intruded into the nation's territorial waters on a spying mission. The crew was released 11 months later.
- 1971 - In Prospect Creek Camp, AK, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was reported as minus 80 degrees.
- 2003 - North Korea announced that it would consider sanctions an act of war for North Korea's reinstatement of its nuclear program.
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