Michael DeBakey 1908
- 1813 - The nickname "Uncle Sam" was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States. The reference appeared in an editorial in the New York's Troy Post.
- 1888 - Edith Eleanor McLean became the first baby to be placed in an incubator.
- 1896 - A.H. Whiting won the first automobile race held on a racetrack. The race was held in Cranston, RI.
- 1921 - Margaret Gorman of Washington, DC, was crowned the first Miss America in Atlantic City, NJ.
- 1940 - London received its initial rain of bombs from Nazi Germany during World War II.
- 1966 - The final episode of the original "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was aired on CBS-TV.
- 1977 - The Panama Canal treaties were signed by U.S. President Carter and General Omar Torrijos Herrera. The treaties called for the U.S. to turn over control of the canal's waterway to Panama in the year 2000.
- 1979 - ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, made its debut on cable TV.
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