Margaret Sanger 1879
- 1814 - Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner," a poem originally known as "Defense of Fort McHenry," after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, MD, during the War of 1812. The song became the official U.S. national anthem on March 3, 1931.
- 1866 - George K. Anderson patented the typewriter ribbon.
- 1901 - U.S. President William McKinley died of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, at age 42, succeeded him.
- 1940 - The Selective Service Act was passed by the U.S. Congress providing the first peacetime draft in the United States.
- 1972 - "The Waltons" premiered on CBS-TV.
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