Joseph Priestley 1733
- 1519 - Cortez landed in Mexico..
- 1781 - Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
- 1852 - The New York "Lantern" newspaper published the first "Uncle Sam cartoon". It was drawn by Frank Henry Bellew.
- 1884 - Standard time was adopted throughout the U.S.
- 1925 - A law in Tennessee prohibited the teaching of evolution.
- 1930 - It was announced that the planet Pluto had been discovered by scientist Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory.
- 1957 - Jimmy Hoffa was arrested by the FBI on bribery charges.
- 1974 - The U.S. Senate voted 54-33 to restore the death penalty.
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