William Seward (William Henry Seward, Sr.) 1801 - Governor of New York, U.S. Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln
- 1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted during the Senate impeachment, by one vote.
- 1888 - The first demonstration of recording on a flat disc was demonstrated by Emile Berliner.
- 1946 - Jack Mullin showed the world the first magnetic tape recorder.
- 1963 - After 22 Earth orbits Gordon Cooper returned to Earth, ending Project Mercury.
- 1965 - Spaghetti-O's were sold for the first time.
- 1987 - The Bobro 400 set sail from New York Harbor with 3,200 tons of garbage. The barge travelled 6,000 miles in search of a place to dump its load. It returned to New York Harbor after 8 weeks with the same load.
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