James Garfield 1831 - 20th President of the United States, U.S. Civil War General
- 1794 - Britain's King George III signed the Jay Treaty. It resolved the issues left over from the Revolutionary War.
- 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
- 1928 - "Time" magazine presented its cover in color for the first time. The subject was Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
- 1969 - Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made man's second landing on the moon.
- 1998 - The impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Clinton began.
- 2007 - The Amazon Kindle was first released.
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