Jonas Salk 1914 - Medical researcher
- 1636 - Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts. The original name was Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was the first school of higher education in America.
- 1793 - Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his cotton gin.
- 1886 - The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by U.S. President Cleveland. The statue weighs 225 tons and is 152 feet tall. It was originally known as "Liberty Enlightening the World."
- 1904 - The St. Louis Police Department became the first to use fingerprinting.
- 1922 - Benito Mussolini took control of the Italian government and introduced fascism to Italy.
- 1958 - Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was elected Pope. He took the name John XXIII.
- 1986 - The centennial of the Statue of Liberty was celebrated in New York.
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