1513-Explorer Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain as the first known European to reach it
1792-The Coinage Act is passed, establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the $10 Eagle, $5 Half-Eagle, $2.50 Quarter-Eagle gold coins, and the silver dollar, half dollar, quarter, dime, and half-dime
1801-Battle of Copenhagen: British naval forces led by Horatio Nelson destroy the Danish fleet during the Napoleonic Wars
1917-U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1930-Ras Tafari Makonnen is proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1982-Several thousand Argentine troops invade and seize the Falkland Islands from the United Kingdom
2020-Record 6.6 million Americans file claims for unemployment in the prior week according to the U.S. Department of Labor, 10 million in the prior two weeks
2025-U.S. President Donald Trump announces "Liberation Day", unveiling wide-ranging tariffs on foreign countries importing into the US, including 34% on China and 20 percent for the European Union