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Events
- 1607 – Edward Maria Wingfield ousted as first president of the governing council of the Colony of Virginia; he is replaced by John Ratcliffe.
- 1608 – John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
- 1813 – The United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
- 1846 – Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
- 1858 – George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
- 1932 – The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
- 1960 – Mickey Mantle hit what was originally thought to be the longest home run in Major League Baseball, an estimated 643 feet (196 m).
- 2017 – Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $64.76 billion (2017 USD) in damage.
Births
- 1758 – Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840)
- 1786 – William Mason, American surgeon and politician (d. 1860)
- 1801 – Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner (d. 1881)
- 1836 – Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician (d. 1906)
- 1839 – Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (d. 1912)
- 1839 – Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician, statistician, and philosopher (d. 1914)
- 1874 – Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (d. 1954)
- 1875 – George Hewitt Myers, American forester and philanthropist (d. 1957)
- 1880 – Laura Cornelius Kellogg, Native American activist (d. 1947)
- 1885 – Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (d. 1950)
- 1886 – H.D., American poet, novelist, and memoirist (d. 1961)
- 1888 – Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (d. 1976)
- 1892 – Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
- 1896 – Adele Astaire, American actress and dancer (d. 1981)
- 1898 – Bessie Love, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1898 – Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (d. 1999)
- 1904 – Honey Craven, American horse rider and manager (d. 2003)* 1904 – Max Shachtman, American theorist and politician (d. 1972)
- 1907 &nd
- 1908 – Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1994)
- 1913 – Lincoln Gordon, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Brazil (d. 2009)
- 1914 – Robert Wise, American director and producer (d. 2005)
- 1915 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1921 – John W. Morris, American general (d. 2013)
- 1923 – Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (d. 2013)
- 1924 – Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)
- 1924 – Boyd K. Packer, American educator and religious leader, 26th President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (d. 2015)
- 1925 – Roy Brown, American singer-songwriter (d. 1981)
- 1928 – Walter Ralston Martin, American minister and author, founded the Christian Research Institute (d. 1989)* 1929 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer and businessman (d. 2016)
- 1931 – Philip Baker Hall, American actor (d. 2022)
- 1934 – Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 1997)
- 1934 – Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (d. 1985)
- 1934 – Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (d. 2014)
- 1934 – Mr. Wrestling II, American wrestler (d. 2020)
- 1935 – Mary Oliver, American poet (d. 2019)
- 1937 – Jared Diamond, American biologist, geographer, and author
- 1937 – Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
- 1940 – Roy Ayers, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, vibraphonist, and producer
- 1940 – Buck Buchanan, American football player (d. 1992)
- 1940 – Bob Chance, American baseball player (d. 2013)
- 1941 – Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and author (d. 2002)
- 1945 – José Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1946 – Jim Hines, American sprinter and football player
- 1948 – Bob Lanier, American basketball player and coach (d. 2022)
- 1948 – Charlie Waters, American football player, coach, and radio host
- 1949 – Don Muraco, American wrestler
- 1949 – Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and author
- 1950 – Rosie Flores, American singer and guitarist * 1950 – Joe Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1951 – Steve Keirn, American wrestler
- 1952 – Medea Benjamin, American activist, founder of Code Pink*1953 – Amy Irving, American actress
- 1953 – Pat Cadigan, American science fiction author*1955 – Pat Mastelotto, American rock drummer