Napoleon Bonaparte 1769
- 1848 - The dental chair was patented by M. Waldo Hanchett.
- 1877 - Thomas Edison wrote to the president of the Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh, PA. The letter stated that the word, "hello" would be a more appropriate greeting than "ahoy" when answering the telephone.
- 1911 - The product Crisco was introduced by Procter & Gamble Company.
- 1914 - The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The first vessel to pass through the canal was the American cargo and passenger ship SS Ancon.
- 1945 - The Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally.
- 1971 - U.S. President Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, rents and prices.
- 1997 - The U.S. Justice Department decided not to prosecute FBI officials in connection with the deadly 1992 Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho. The investigation dealt with an alleged cover-up.
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