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The First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.

The Erie Canal opened connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.

The Gunfight at the OK Corral occurred in Tombstone, Arizona, as Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and “Doc” Holiday shot it out with Ike Clanton’s gang. Three members of Clanton’s gang were killed; Earp’s brothers were wounded.

Margaret Sanger’s birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York was deemed illegal under the “Comstock Laws” forbidding birth control and the clinic was raided. Margaret Sanger was arrested for obscenity because she was advocating birth control.

The Village Voice, an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country’s first alternative newsweekly, was founded.

National security advisor Henry Kissinger declared “Peace is at hand” in Vietnam.

Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States.

For the first time, 2 NFL games were played on Monday night. The scores were, Cleveland 30, LA Rams 17 at Cleveland. Minnesota 34, Denver 27, at Minnesota. The Denver-Minnesota game was switched to Monday due to the St. Louis-Minnesota 7th and final World Series game played on Sunday in Minnesota’s Metrodome.

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali of Jordan signed a peace treaty in a ceremony attended by President Clinton.