Joseph Pulitzer 1847 - Publisher, his will left $2 million for a fund which established annual prizes for literature, drama, music and journalism
- 1790 - The U.S. patent system was established when U.S. President George Washington signed the Patent Act of 1790 into law.
- 1809 - Austria declared war on France and its forces entered Bavaria.
- 1849 - Walter Hunt patented the safety pin. He sold the rights for $100.
- 1912 - The Titanic set sail from Southampton, England.
- 1932 - Paul von Hindenburg was elected president of Germany with 19 million votes. Adolf Hitler came in second with 13 million votes.
- 1963 - 129 people died when the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher failed to surface off Cape Cod, MA.
- 1971 - The American table tennis team arrived in China. They were the first group of Americans officially allowed into China since the founding of the People Republic in 1949. The team had recieved the surprise invitation while in Japan for the 31st World Table Tennis Championship.
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