- 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables
- 1812 – An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela
- 1830 – The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York
- 1896 – An explosion at the Brunner Mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident
- 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces
- 1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3
- 1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City
- 1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
- 1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides
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