| 1774 | | The first Continental Congress, which protested British measures and called for civil disobedience, concludes in Philadelphia. |
| 1795 | |
When General Paul Barras resigns his commission
as head of France's Army of the Interior to become head of the Directory, his
second-in-command becomes the army's commander-Napoleon Bonaparte. |
| 1825 | | The first boat on the Erie Canal leaves Buffalo, N.Y. |
| 1881 | |
Three Earp brothers and Doc Holliday have a shootout
with the Clantons and McLaurys at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory.
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| 1905 | | Norway signs a treaty of separation with Sweden. Norway chooses Prince Charles of Denmark as the new king; he becomes King Haakon VII. |
| 1918 | | Germany's supreme commander, General Erich Ludendorff, resigns, protesting the terms to which the German Government has agreed in negotiating the armistice. This sets the stage for his later support for Hitler and the Nazis, who claim that Germany did not lose the war on the battlefield but were "stabbed in the back" by politicians. |
| 1942 | |
Japanese attack Guadalcanal, sinking two U.S. carriers. |
| 1942 | |
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Hornet is sunk
in the Battle of Santa Cruz Island, in the South Pacific. |
| 1950 | |
A reconnaissance platoon for a South Korean division
reaches the Yalu River. They are the only elements of the U.N. force to reach
the river before the Chinese offensive pushes the whole army down into South Korea. |
| 1954 | | Chevrolet introduces the V-8 engine. |
| 1955 | | The Village Voice is first published, backed in part by Norman Mailer. |
| 1957 | |
The Russian government announces that Marshal Georgi
Zhukov, the nation's most prominent military hero, has been relieved of his duties
as Minister of Defense. Khrushchev accused Zhukov as promoting his own "cult of
personality" and saw him as a threat to his own popularity. |
| 1958 | | The first New York - Paris transatlantic jet passenger service is inaugurated by Pan Am, while the first New York - London transatlantic jet passenger service is inaugurated by BOAC. |
| 1970 | | Gary Trudeau's comic strip Doonesbury first appears. |
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