- [1612] - The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused for practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in English history.
- [1692] - 5 people, 4 women & 1 man, including a clergyman, were executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
- [1782] - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks - the last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Lord Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
- [1848] - California Gold Rush: the New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
- [1812] - US warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere.
- [1871] - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer, was born.
- [1883] - Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company, was born.
- [1888] - 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins.
- [1895] - American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.
- [1897] 1st electric taxi's drive in London.
- [1909] - Indianapolis 500 race track opens.
- [1934] - The German people vote to give Adolph Hitler complete power combining the positions of chancellor and president into the position of the Fuehrer .
- [1946] - Bill Clinton, American politician, 42nd President of the United States, was born.
- [1958] - Production of the luxury Packard automobiles is ended shortly after Packard is merged with Studebaker.
- [1963] - John Stamos, American actor and singer, was born.
- [1966] -Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter, was born.
- [1967] - Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1.
- [1989] - Raid on offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline in North Sea by British and Dutch governments.
- [1993] - Mattel & Fisher Price toys merge.
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