| 1570 | | A tidal wave in the North Sea destroys the sea walls from Holland to Jutland. More than 1,000 people are killed.
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| 1772 | | The first Committees of Correspondence are formed in Massachusetts under Samuel Adams. |
| 1789 | | The property of the church in France is taken away by the state.
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| 1841 | | The second Afghan War begins. |
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| 1892 | | Lawmen surround outlaws Ned Christie and Arch Wolf near Tahlequah, Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). It will take dynamite and a cannon to dislodge the two from their cabin. |
| 1903 | | London's Daily Mirror newspaper is first published. |
| 1914 | | Russia declares war with Turkey. |
| 1920 | | The first radio broadcast in the United States is made from Pittsburgh. |
| 1920 | | Charlotte Woodward, who signed the 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration calling for female voting rights, casts her ballot in a presidential election. |
| 1921 | | Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett form the American Birth Control League. |
| 1923 | | U.S. Navy aviator H.J. Brown sets new world speed record of 259 mph in a Curtiss racer. |
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| 1936 | | The first high-definition public television transmissions begin from Alexandra Palace in north London by the BBC. |
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| 1948 | | Harry S Truman is elected the 33rd president of the United States. |
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| 1976 | | Jimmy (James Earl) Carter elected the 39th president of the United States. |
| 1983 | | President Ronald Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.
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| 1984 | | Serial killer Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the US since 1962. |
| 2000 | | First resident crew arrives at the International Space Station. |
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