1865 – William Sheppard is issued the first US patent for liquid soap.
1901 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
1902 – US President Theodore Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car.
1921 – J. Edgar Hoover becomes Assistant Director of the FBI.
1934 – Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 HRs to beat White Sox, 3-2 in 12 innings.
1945 – Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup.
1950 – Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competitor in a US national tennis competition.
1956 – Elvis Presley begins filming “Love Me Tender”.
1962 – Savannah, world’s 1st nuclear powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va. to Savannah, Ga.
1966 – The Beatles arrive in New York.
1975 – McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens.
1984 – Last Volkswagon Rabbit produced.
1990 – US President George H.W. Bush calls up military reserves.
1994 – DNA testing links O.J. Simpson to murder of Nicole Simpson & Ron Goldman.
2003 – Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
2016 – Longest ever bull market for Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index at 3,453 days (using 19.9 percent decline in 1990 as the start, usually 20%)
2018 – Forbes says George Clooney made more money in a single year ($239 million) than any actor ever, due to sale of alcohol company, followed by Dwayne Johnson ($124m)
2020 – Fires burning in Northern California declared Major Disaster with LNU Lightning Complex Fire (341,243 acres) and SCU Lightning Complex Fire (335,968) among the 3 largest wildfires in state history.
2020 – Mexican COVID-19 death toll passes 60,000, world’s third highest.