Ralph W. Emerson 1803 - Essayist, philosopher, poet
- 1844 - The gasoline engine was patented by Stuart Perry.
- 1925 - John Scopes was indicted for teaching the Darwinian theory in school.
- 1977 - "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" opened and became the largest grossing film to date.
- 1979 - An American Airlines DC-10 crashed during takeoff at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. 275 people were killed.
- 1986 - Approximately 7 million Americans participated in "Hands Across America."
- 1992 - Jay Leno debuted as the new permanent host of NBC's "Tonight Show."
- 1997 - Poland adopted a constitution that removed all traces of communism.
- 1999 - A report by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China concluded that China had "stolen design information on the U.S. most-advanced thermonuclear weapons" and that China's penetration of U.S. weapons laboratories "spans at least the past several decades and almost certainly continues today."
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