1804 - Privates John Collins and Hugh Hall of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were found guilty by a court-martial consisting of members of the Corps of Discovery for getting drunk on duty. Collins received 100 lashes on his back and Hall received 50. 

1888 - Professor Frederick Treves performed the first appendectomy in England.

1897 - The Chicago Cubs scored 36 runs in a game against Louisville, setting a record for runs scored by a team in a single game.

1905 - Russian troops intervened as riots erupted in ports all over the country. Many ships were looted.

1917 - The Ukraine proclaimed independence from Russia.

1925 - Marvin Pipkin filed for a patent for the frosted electric light bulb. .

1926 - Fascists in Rome added an hour to the work day in an economic efficiency measure. 

1941 - Joe DiMaggio got a base hit in his 42nd consecutive game. He broke George Sisler's record from 1922.

1946 - British authorities arrested more than 2,700 Jews in Palestine in an attempt to end alleged terrorism.

1950 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorized a sea blockade of Korea.

1953 - The Federal Highway Act authorized the construction of 42,500 miles of freeway from coast to coast.

1956 - Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were married. They were divorced on January 20, 1961.<!ows>

 1967 - Israel removed barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem.

1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." The ruling prompted states to revise their capital punishment laws.

1995 - The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.

2007 - The Apple iPhone went on sale.<!a>