Charles Chesnutt (Charles Waddell Chesnutt) 1858 - Author, essayist, political activist
- 1898 - The U.S. Navy seized the island of Guam enroute to the Philippines to fight the Spanish.
- 1941 - The U.S. Army Air Forces was established, replacing the Army Air Corps. The Army Air Forces were abolished with the creation of the United States Air Force in 1947.
- 1950 - Willie Mays graduated from high school and immediately signed with the New York Giants.
- 1963 - The United States and Soviet Union signed an agreement to set up a hot line communication link between the two countries.
- 1977 - The Trans-Alaska Pipeline began operation.
- 2017 - Mattel announced it was adding 15 new body types for their Ken doll.
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