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On this day for the United States

Events

1791 – John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
1998 – The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite.
2003 – A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board.
2011 – The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.
2015 – Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.
2018 – Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.

Births

1873 – Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube (d. 1961)
1874 – Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1938)
1898 – Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector and philanthropist (d. 1979)
1900 – Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom (d. 1970)
1904 – Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (d. 1986)
1921 – Benjamin C. Bradlee, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
1922 – Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
1974 – Kelvin Cato, American basketball player and coach
1974 – Meredith Eaton, American actress
1975 – Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player and coach
1976 – Mike Colter, American actor
1982 – John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer
1982 – Jayson Nix, American baseball player
1982 – Noah Welch, American ice hockey player
1987 – Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1989 – James Harden, American basketball player
1991 – Jessie Diggins, American cross-country skier

Deaths

1910 – William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
1930 – Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
1968 – Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1905)
1974 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (b. 1902)
1980 – Tex Avery, American animator, director, and voice actor (b. 1908)
1981 – Roger Nash Baldwin, American trade union leader, co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (b. 1884)
1981 – Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter (b. 1914)
1986 – Ted Knight, American actor (b. 1923)
2003 – Jim Wacker, American football player and coach (b. 1937)
2009 – Dominick Dunne, American journalist and novelist (b. 1925)
2017 – Tobe Hooper, American film director (b. 1943)
2018 – Neil Simon, American playwright and author (b. 1927)