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Events
- 1813 – War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek – A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeat an American force three times its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
- 1833 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride a train.
- 1844 – The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
- 1862 – American Civil War: First Battle of Memphis – Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
- 1889 – The Great Seattle Fire destroys the entirety of downtown Seattle.
- 1894 – Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.
- 1912 – Eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. Second largest volcanic eruption in historic time.
- 1925 – The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler.
- 1932 – The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1/4 ¢/L) sold.
- 1933 – The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States.
- 1934 – New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Judge Joseph Crater was declared legally dead.
- 1944 – Alaska Airlines commenced operations.
- 1946 – The Basketball Association of America is formed in New York City.
- 1966 – James Meredith, civil rights activist, is shot while trying to march across Mississippi.
- 1968– Don Drysdale, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher throws record 58th consecutive inning shutout, a major league record.
- 1971 – A midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a U.S. Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet fighter near Duarte, California claims 50 lives.
- 1990 – U.S. District court judge Jose Gonzalez rules that the rap album As Nasty As They Wanna Be by the 2 Live Crew violates Florida's obscenity law; he declares that the predominant subject matter of the record is "directed to the 'dirty' thoughts and the loins, not to the intellect and the mind."
- 2005 – The Supreme Court rules in Gonzales v. Raich that Congress may criminalize the production and use of marijuana even where states approve its use for medicinal purposes.