Virginia Dare becomes the first child of English parents to be born on American soil on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina.
The first marine expedition sponsored by the U.S. government sets sail from Hampton Roads, Va. The crews travel the southern Pacific Ocean and gather scientific information.
U.S. forces led by Gen. Stephen W. Kearny capture Santa Fe, N.M.
Congress establishes the Bureau of Immigration.
The 19th Amendment, which gives women the right to vote, is ratified as Tennessee becomes the 36th state to approve it.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King dedicate the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting the United States and Canada.
The novel “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov is first published in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons almost three years after it was originally published in Paris.
James Meredith becomes the first black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair in Bethel, N.Y., which had fallen behind schedule, finally winds down after three nights with a morning set performed by Jimi Hendrix.
Two U.S. Army officers are killed in Korea's demilitarized zone as a group of North Korean soldiers wielding axes and metal pikes attacks U.S. and South Korean soldiers.
Hurricane Alicia slams into the Texas coast, leaving 21 dead and causing more than $1 billion in damage.
A day after a deadly earthquake struck western Turkey, survivors denounce the rescue effort as sluggish and disorganized. The death toll eventually tops 17,000.
At the Athens Olympic Games, American Paul Hamm wins the men's gymnastics all-around Olympic gold medal by the closest margin ever in the event. Controversy follows after it is discovered that a scoring error cost Yang Tae-young of South Korea the title.
Pervez Musharraf resigns as president of Pakistan.
SOURCE: The Associated Press