Pat Sajak 1946 - TV host (Wheel of Fortune, The Pat Sajack Show)
- 1774 - The First Continental Congress of the U.S. adjourned in Philadelphia.
- 1825 - The Erie Canal opened in upstate New York. The 363-mile canal connected Lake Erie and the Hudson River at a cost of $7,602,000.
- 1858 - H.E. Smith patented the rotary-motion washing machine.
- 1881 - The "Gunfight at the OK Corral" took place in Tombstone, AZ. The fight was between Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and Doc Holiday and the Ike Clanton Gang.
- 1905 - Norway gained independence from Sweden.
- 1942 - The U.S. ship USS Hornet was sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz during World War II.
- 1951 - Winston Churchill became the prime minister of Great Britain.
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