1790 – John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, was born in Charles City County, VA.
1848 – For the first time in recorded history, Niagara Falls stopped flowing. An ice jam in the Niagara River above the rim of the falls caused the water to stop.
1867 – Baseball pitcher Cy Young was born in Gilmore, OH.
1882 – The Knights of Columbus organization was granted a charter by the state of Connecticut.
1914 – Seven newspapers joined together to distribute the first rotogravure, or picture, section.
1929 – Herbert Hoover became the first U.S. president to have a telephone installed at his desk in the Oval Office.
1967 – The first nationwide strike in the 30-year history of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) began and lasted for 13 days.
1973 – Two months after signing a peace agreement, the last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam.
1974 – The unmanned U.S. space probe Mariner 10, launched by NASA in November 1973, became the first spacecraft to visit the planet Mercury.
1982 – An earthquake struck southern México at the same time the El Chichon volcano erupted, killing approximately 2,000 people.
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