Henry Adams 1838
- 1804 - A raid was led by Lt. Stephen Decatur to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia. The ship had been taken by Muslim pirates.
- 1857 - The National Deaf Mute College was incorporated in Washington, DC. It was the first school in the world for advanced education of the deaf. The school was later renamed Gallaudet College.
- 1868 - The Jolly Corks organization, in New York City, changed it name to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE).
- 1923 - Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen. The next day he entered the chamber with several invited guests. He had originally found the tomb on November 4, 1922.
- 1937 - Wallace H. Carothers received a patent for nylon. Carothers was a research chemist for Du Pont.
- 1959 - Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba after the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista.
- 1968 - In the U.S., the first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, AL.
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