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- 1856 – Five hundred Mormons, latter called the Mormon handcart pioneers, leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
- 1862 – American Civil War Confederate general Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
- 1916 – Robert McNamara (pictured), who as Secretary of Defense under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson played a pivotal role in both the escalation of the Vietnam War and the deescalation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, was born.
- 1954 – Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?". The rebuke is considered the symbolic end of McCarthyism.
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Events
- 1650 – The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It was the first legal corporation in the Americas.
- 1732 – James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia.
- 1790 – Philadelphia Spelling Book by John Barry becomes the first book to be copyrighted in the United States.
- 1856 – 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two–wheeled handcarts.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
- 1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22–year–old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, became the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, for fifty–nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York, to San Francisco, California.
- 1915 – U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the RMS Lusitania sinking.
- 1922 – First ringing of the Harkness Memorial Chime at Yale University.
- 1930 – Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed at the Illinois Central train station during rush hour by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
- 1934 – Donald Duck debuts in The Wise Little Hen.
- 1953 – Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94.
- 1954 – McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army.
- 1959 – The USS George Washington is launched as the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
- 1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
- 1973 – Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.
- 1978 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens the priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148–year–old policy excluding black men.
- 1986 – The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.