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| 1587 | - | Mary - Queen of Scots beheaded |
| 1672 | - | Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London |
| 1693 | - | Charter granted for College of William & Mary - 2nd college in US |
| 1861 | - | Confederate States of America organized in Montgomery - Ala |
| 1883 | - | Louis Waterman begins experiments that invent the fountain pen |
| 1910 | - | Boy Scouts of America founded |
| 1911 | - | US helps to overthrow Miguel D vila - president of Honduras |
| 1922 | - | Radio arrives in the White House |
| 1926 | - | Walt Disney Studios formed |
| 1957 | - | SF Public Library\s bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall |
| 1969 | - | Meteorite weighing over one ton is recovered in Chihuahua - Mexico |
| 1974 | - | Skylab 4\s astronauts land |
| 1975 | - | Caps only got one shot in a period against the Islanders |
| 1977 | - | Earthquake in SF - at 5.0 - strongest since 1966 |
| 1984 | - | Soyuz T-10 is launched |
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