Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date

1846

U.S. forces led by Gen. Stephen W. Kearney captured Santa Fe, N.M.

1894

Congress established the Bureau of Immigration.

1914

President Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I.

1920

Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed the right of all American women to vote.

1954

Assistant Secretary of Labor James E. Wilkins became the first black to attend a meeting of a president's Cabinet as he sat in for Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell.

1958

The novel ''Lolita'' by Vladimir Nabokov was published.

1963

James Meredith became the first black to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

1963

James Meredith became the first black to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

1983

Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 22 dead and causing more than $1 billion damage.

1988

Indiana Sen. Dan Quayle was nominated as George Bush's running mate during the Republican convention in New Orleans.

1988

Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million

1989

In Colombia, leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galan was assassinated outside Bogota; the Medellin drug cartel was strongly suspected.

1991

Soviet hard-liners launched a coup aimed at toppling President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who was vacationing in the Crimea. The coup collapsed three days later.

1994

5.6 earthquake in Algeria, kills 171 people

1997

Beth Ann Hogan became the first coed in the Virginia Military Institute's 158-year history.

2005

Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, receives 10 consecutive life sentences

2008

Pervez Musharraf resigns as President of Pakistan

2010

Santiago, Nuevo Leon's mayor, Edelmiro Cavazos is found dead, handcuffed and blindfolded after being abducted Sunday night

2011

In an effort to stop the growth of household debt, South Korean banks temporarily stop making household loans

2011

Gold hits a record price of $1,826 per ounce

2013

UN inspectors arrive in Damascus to determine whether chemical weapons were used in the Syrian conflict

2014

A meeting between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan was canceled following a Pakistani official's meeting with separatists in Kashmir province, a disputed territory claimed by both nations

1936

Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer who won an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and two Golden Globes. He first gained recognition for stage and television work, and delivered acclaimed film performances for over decades. (d. 2025)

1823

André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)

1886

Eli Whitney Blake, Sr., American inventor, best known for his mortise lock and stone-crushing machine, the latter of which earned him a place into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. (b. 1795)

1919

Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)

1940

Walter Chrysler, American industrial pioneer in the automotive industry, American automotive industry executive and the founder and namesake of American Chrysler Corporation. (b. 1875)

1949

Paul Mares, American early dixieland jazz cornet and trumpet player, and leader of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. (b. 1900)

1964

Hildegard Trabant, East German woman who became the 50th known person to die at the Berlin Wall. Trabant was shot and killed by East German border guards during a crossing attempt. (b. 1927)

1968

Arthur Marshall, American composer and performer of ragtime music from Missouri. He was a protege of famed ragtime composer Scott Joplin. (b. 1881)

2014

Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer whose career spanned more than seven decades. (b. 1918)

2023

Lolita, also called Tokitae or Toki for short, was a captive female orca or killer whale captured from the wild in September 1970 and displayed at the Miami Seaquarium in Florida until her death in August 2023.

2024

Alain Delon, French actor and heartthrob. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of the foremost European actors of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and became an international sex symbol. (b. 1935)

2024

Phi Donahue. American media personality, writer, film producer and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, later known simply as Donahue, was the first talk show format that included audience participation. (b. 1935)