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The first life insurance policy in the United States was issued, in Philadelphia.

The first United States public library opened in Connecticut.

Former Vice President Aaron Burr was tried for treason in Richmond, Virginia. He was later acquitted.

Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.

Violence erupted in the chamber of the U.S. Senate as Representative S. Brooks of South Carolina used a cane to beat Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner.

The “Great Train Robbery” took place in Indiana as seven men held up the crew, detached the locomotive and made off with $98,000 in cash.

Congress passed the Reconstruction measure known as the General Amnesty Act which removed office holding disqualifications against most of the secessionists who rebelled in the American Civil War, except for those who held the top offices of the Confederacy as well as the Senators and Representatives who were in office during the secession of the southern states.

The modern Associated Press was incorporated in New York as a not-for-profit news cooperative.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt went before Congress to explain his veto of the Patman Bonus Bill to pay World War I veterans the remainder of their 1924 bonuses.

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signed the pact of steel, committing Germany and Italy to a military alliance.

The Truman Doctrine was enacted as Congress appropriated military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey.

An earthquake of magnitude 9.5, the strongest ever measured, struck southern Chile, killing about 1,655 people.

New York Yankee Roger Maris walked 5 times (4 intentionally) in a 9 inning game.  The New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels, 2-1, at Yankee Stadium in New York City.

President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking at the University of Michigan, outlined the goals of his “Great Society,” saying that it “rests on abundance and liberty for all” and “Demands an end to poverty and racial injustice.”

President Richard Nixon began a visit to the Soviet Union, during which he and Kremlin leaders signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

The final European scheduled run of the Orient Express took place, after 94 years.

The best-selling arcade game, Pac-man, was released.

Andre Dawson, playing for the Chicago Cubs, received a record 5 intentional walks in one game that went 16 innings.  The Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds, 2-1, at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.

Andre Dawson received a record 5 intentional walks in one game.