- 1796 – The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.
- 1902 – James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
- 1974 – Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the United States’ first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1.
- 1976 – The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson’s 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.