1737-First public admittance to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris
1838-United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica
1919-Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois
1920-State Representative Harry T. Burn (24) casts deciding vote in Tennessee's and thus America's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, allowing women's suffrage, after reading a letter from his mother
1940-Battle of Britain: Air battle known as "The Hardest Day" occurs; Luftwaffe lose approximately 69 aircraft and the RAF 68 in one of the largest ever air battles
1976-Korean axe murder incident: 2 U.S. soldiers tasked with cutting down a poplar tree blocking the view of U.N. observers are killed by North Koreans claiming it was planted by Kim Il-Sung in the Korean Demilitarized Zone