1626 – Dutch colonist Peter Minuit organizes the purchase of Manhattan Island from Native Americans for 60 guilders worth of goods, believed to have been Canarsee Indians of the Lenape
1853 – 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut)
1913 – King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, northern Albania
1921 – Teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League merge to form the American Soccer League (ASL); collapses 1933
1937 – German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 on board and 1 on the ground
1953 – MLB St. Louis Browns Alva “Bobo” Holloman, in his first start game as starting pitcher, no-hits visiting Philadelphia A’s, 6-0
1956 – WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
2002 – Entrepreneur Elon Musk founds SpaceX
2006 – 132nd Kentucky Derby: Edgar Prado aboard Barbaro wins in front of 157,532 fans
2019 – World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Englishman Judd Trump wins his first world crown beating John Higgins of Scotland, 18-9