16th Century
- 1534: England’s Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, declaring King Henry VIII the head of the Church of England.
- 1493: Christopher Columbus first sighted the island of Dominica in the Caribbean.
18th Century
- 1783: The American Continental Army was disbanded, marking the end of the Revolutionary War.
19th Century
- 1838: The Times of India was founded in Bombay as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
- 1839: The First Opium War between China and Great Britain began.
- 1868: The first U.S. election using secret ballots was held.
- 1903: Panama declared its independence from Colombia.
20th Century
- 1911: The Chevrolet Motor Car Company was founded.
- 1944: The Japanese destroyer Akikaze was sunk by an American submarine in the Philippines during World War II.
- 1957: The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, carrying the dog Laika, the first animal to orbit the Earth.
- 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson won a landslide victory in the U.S. presidential election against Barry Goldwater.
- 1973: NASA launched Mariner 10, the first spacecraft to visit Mercury.
- 1992: Carol Moseley-Braun was elected the first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.
- 1998: Bob Kane, the co-creator of Batman and Robin, passed away.
21st Century
- 2004: George W. Bush was re-elected to a second term as U.S. president.
- 2014: The One World Trade Center in New York City opened for business.
