Andrew Mellon 1855 - American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, U.S. Secretary of the Treasure (1921-1932)
- 1765 - Britain passed the Quartering Act that required the American colonies to house 10,000 British troops in public and private buildings.
- 1906 - In Mexico, the Tehuantepec Istmian Railroad opened as a rival to the Panama Canal.
- 1955 - The first oil drill seagoing rig was put into service.
- 1985 - Thousands demonstrated in Madrid against the NATO presence in Spain.
- 1999 - NATO launched air strikes against Yugoslavia (Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Vojvodina). The attacks marked the first time in its 50-year history that NATO attacked a sovereign country. The bombings were in response to Serbia's refusal to sign a peace treaty with ethnic Albanians who were seeking independence for the province of Kosovo.
- 2019 - U.S. Attorney General William Barr released a four-page summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report in U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign. The report concluded that there was no collusion with Russia.
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