Saul Bellow 1915
- 1776 - The Continental Congress appointed a committee to write a Declaration of Independence.
- 1793 - The Jardin des Plantes zoo opened in Paris. It was the first public zoo.
- 1801 - The North African State of Tripoli declared war on the U.S. The dispute was over merchant vessels being able to travel safely through the Mediterranean.
- 1854 - The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, held its first graduation.
- 1898 - U.S. Marines landed in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
- 1903 - Binney & Smith Company began developing a product line of wax crayons. The product was named Crayola.
- 1909 - The SOS distress signal was used for the first time. The Cunard liner SS Slavonia used the signal when it wrecked off the Azores.
- 1920 - The Republican convention in Chicago endorsed woman suffrage.
- 1935 - Alcoholic Anonymous was founded by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.
- 1943 - Laszlo Biro patented his ballpoint pen. Biro was a Hungarian journalist.
- 1948 - Chuck Yeager exceeded the speed of sound in the Bell XS-1.
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