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Though Fernidad Magellean died on his voyage in the Philippines, 18 out of 241 men has returned to Spain after sailing throught the "entire world" in search of the Indies.
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Our first President of the United States, George Washington, laid out the cornerstone of the Capitol bulding marking it important.
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Captain Oliver Perry had defeated the British Navy.
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The national anthem of the U.S. was written by Francis Scott Key after the British Navy had bombed Ft. McHenry during the war of 1812.
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Walter Reed was born. He was an army soldier who discovered that yellow fever was transmited by mosquitos, which he proved around the 1900s.
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John Pershing was born. General Pershing was put in charge of the American army during WWI. After the war he was given the highest position of an officer; General of the Armies of the Unites States.
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Better known as O. Henry, William Sydney was born. He became a famous short-story writer.
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President James Garfield died after being shot at twice 80 days earlier. He died of an infection that spread throughout his body.
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Jesse James was shot by Bob Ford and was killed.
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George Eastman invented a camera small enough to fit in a person's hand. He named it "Kodak."
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Jane Addams opens up the Hull House to help the poor, located in Chicago.
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In New Orleans, the first championship boxing game was held under the Queensberry rules. John L. Sullivan and James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett had fought.
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The first death ever caused by an airplane occured on this day at Fort. Myer and the victim was Thomas Selfridge.
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Jesse Owens is dubbed "the fastest man in the world."
