David McCullough 1933 - Author
- 1846 - U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison.
- 1885 - G. Moore Peters patented the cartridge-loading machine.
- 1920 - A device known as the radio compass was used for the first time on a U.S. Navy airplane near Norfolk, VA.
- 1937 - Japanese forces invaded China.
- 1981 - U.S. President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1994 - Amazon.com, Inc. was founded in Seattle, Washington under the name "Cadabra."
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