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Events
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Members of the 1st Maryland Regiment repeatedly charged a numerically superior British force during the Battle of Long Island, allowing General Washington and the rest of the American troops to escape.
- 1832 – Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the Black Hawk War.
- 1859 – Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania, leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
- 1881 – The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
- 1918 – Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.
- 1962 – The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
- 1980 – A massive bomb planted by extortionist John Birges explodes at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, after a failed disarming attempt by the FBI. Although the hotel is damaged, no one is injured.
- 2006 – Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
- 2011 – Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
Births
- 1724 – John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician (d. 1781)
- 1803 – Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (d. 1895)
- 1809 – Hannibal Hamlin, American publisher and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (d. 1891)
- 1822 – William Hayden English, American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana and Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee (d. 1896)
- 1865 – James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and historian (d. 1935)
- 1865 – Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
- 1871 – Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (d. 1945)
- 1875 – Katharine McCormick, American biologist, philanthropist, and activist (d. 1967)
- 1890 – Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (d. 1976)
- 1904 – John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company (d. 1982)
- 1906 – Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield (d. 1982)
- 1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
- 1909 – Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1959)
- 1915 – Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
- 1917 – Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1986)
- 1924 – Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
- 1928 – Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (d. 2003)