William Styron 1925 - Novelist and essayist
- 1770 - Captain James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef off of Australia when he ran aground.
- 1880 - Republican, Jeanette Rankin was born. She became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
- 1895 - Charles E. Duryea received the first U.S. patent granted to an American inventor for a gasoline-driven automobile.
- 1967 - Israel and Syria accepted a U.N. cease-fire.
- 1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law that would prohibit the desecration of the American Flag.
- 1991 - Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted. The eruption of ash and gas could be seen for more than 60 miles.
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