- 1911 – Chevrolet first enters the automobile industry in competition with the Model T
- 1913 – US introduces the income tax
- 1957 – USSR launches Sputnik 2 first animal in orbit
- 1964 – Washington, DC residents able to vote in the presidential election for the first time
- 1973 – NASA luanches Mariner 10 towards Mercury, becomes first space probe to reach that planet
- 1986 – The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence from the United States of America
BIRTHDAYS
- 1793 – Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer
- 1936- Annie Oakley
- 1933 – Micheal Dukakis
- 1949 – Anna Wintaur
- 1953 – Dennis Miller
- 1957- Dolph Lungren
- 1959 – Hal Hartley
- 1971 – Dylan Moran
