Newt Gingrich (Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich) 1943 - Politician (U.S. speaker of the House of Representatives), historian, author
- 1775 - The British took Bunker Hill outside of Boston.
- 1856 - The Republican Party opened its first national convention in Philadelphia.
- 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
- 1928 - Amelia Earhart began the flight that made her the first woman to successfully fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1930 - The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill became law. It placed the highest tariff on imports to the U.S.
- 1950 - Dr. Richard H. Lawler performed the first kidney transplant in a 45-minute operation in Chicago, IL.
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