Neil A. Armstrong 1930
- 1833 - The village of Chicago was incorporated. The population was approximately 250.
- 1914 - The first electric traffic signal lights were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1964 - U.S. aircraft bombed North Vietnam after North Vietnamese boats attacked U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
- 1966 - In New York, groundbreaking for the construction of the original World Trade Center began.
- 1991 - An investigation was formally launched by Democratic congressional leaders to find out if the release of American hostages was delayed until after the Reagan-Bush presidential election.
- 2011 - Under President Obama's administration, Standard & Poor's Financial Services lowered the United States' AAA credit rating by one notch to AA-plus.
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