Louis Farrakhan (Louis Eugene Walcott) 1933 - National Representative of the Nation of Islam
- 1812 - British prime Minster Spencer Perceval was shot by a bankrupt banker in the lobby of the House of Commons.
- 1910 - Glacier National Park in Montana was established.
- 1934 - A severe two-day dust storm stripped the topsoil from the great plains of the U.S. and created a "Dust Bowl." The storm was one of many.
- 1947 - The creation of the tubeless tire was announced by the B.F. Goodrich Company.
- 1949 - Siam changed its name to Thailand.
- 1960 - Israeli soldiers captured Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires.
- 1967 - The siege of Khe Sanh ended.
- 1998 - A French mint produced the first coins of Europe's single currency. The coin is known as the euro.
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