In 1587, English colonists founded their second North American settlement at Roanoke Island near the coast of present-day North Carolina. In 1916, a suitcase bomb exploded at San Francisco's Preparedness Day parade, killing 10. In 1934, FBI agents fatally shot notorious bank robber John Dillinger as he left a Chicago movie theater. In 1994, former pro football star O.J. Simpson, charged in the murders of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, pleaded not guilty. In 2004, the 9/11 Commission issued its final report, stating that the U.S. government had not been fully prepared for a terrorist attack.

Emma Lazarus (1849-87), poet; Edward Hopper (1882-1967), artist; Bob Dole (1923- ), politician; Oscar de la Renta (1932-2014), fashion designer; Alex Trebek (1940- ), TV personality; George Clinton (1941- ), musician; Danny Glover (1946- ), actor; Albert Brooks (1947- ), actor/filmmaker; Don Henley (1947- ), musician; S. E. Hinton (1948- ), writer; Alan Menken (1949- ), composer; Willem Dafoe (1955- ), actor; Rufus Wainwright (1973- ), singer/songwriter; Selena Gomez (1992- ), actress; Prince George (2013- ), British royal

In 1990, U.S. cyclist Greg LeMond won his third Tour de France despite not winning any of the individual stages.

As of the end of its 30th season in 2014, Alex Trebek had hosted 6,829 episodes of the TV game show Jeopardy!, an accomplishment recognized as a Guinness World Record.

"If you're hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed, come over to the Senate. You'll get the same kind of feeling and you won't have to pay." – Bob Dole