1776 – First US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William and Mary College), forms
1832 – Andrew Jackson re-elected US President after defeating Henry Clay
1941 – US aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor
1943 – NFL Philadelphia Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger dissolves
1964 – Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the Vietnam War for successfully repelling a large Viet Cong attack
1974 – Airport terminal roof in Tehran collapses killing 17
1975 – NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed
1984 – A’s trade Rickey Henderson to Yankees for Jay Howell and Jose Rijo
1988 – Shuttle Atlantis launches world’s 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
2001 – “Ocean’s Eleven” directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts premieres in Westwood, California