1781 – Bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia
1805 – Lewis and Clark first sight the Rocky Mountains
1896 – Last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
1948 – South Africa elects a nationalist government under D. F. Malan with an apartheid policy
1964 – “Fade Out-Fade In” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 199 performances
1973 – Bahrain adopts its constitution
1982 – British ship Atlantic Conveyor carrying Chinook helicopters and destroyer HMS Coventry hit in Falkland war: 39 crew members die
2002 – Indianapolis 500: Hélio Castroneves wins in 3:00:10.871 (267.954 km/h)
2003 – Only three days after a previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes. The tourism ministry of Nepal confirms this record in July that year.
2013 – The Mumbai Indians defeat the Chennai Super Kings to win the Indian 20/20 Premier League