Andrew Mellon 1855 - American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, U.S. Secretary of the Treasure (1921-1932)
- 1720 - In Paris, banking houses closed due to financial crisis.
- 1837 - Canada gave blacks the right to vote
- 1882 - In Berlin, German scientist Robert Koch announced the discovery of the tuberculosis germ (bacillus).
- 1904 - Vice Adm. Tojo sank seven Russian ships as the Japanese strengthened their blockade of Port Arthur.
- 1927 - Chinese Communists seized Nanking and break with Chiang Kai-shek over the Nationalist goals.
- 1989 - The Exxon Valdez spilled 240,000 barrels (11 million gallons) of oil in Alaska's Prince William Sound after it ran aground.
- 1999 - NATO launched air strikes against Yugoslavia (Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Vojvodina). The attacks marked the first time in its 50-year history that NATO attacked a sovereign country. The bombings were in response to Serbia's refusal to sign a peace treaty with ethnic Albanians who were seeking independence for the province of Kosovo.
- 2019 - U.S. Attorney General William Barr released a four-page summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report in U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign. The report concluded that there was no collusion with Russia.
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