By Sabrina Staringer
- 1630 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts, is founded.
- 1787 – Members of the Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of the Constitution.
- 1849 – Harriet Tubman and her two brothers escape from slavery in Maryland.
- 1926 – Frida Kahlo was severely injured in a bus accident. She began painting, abandoning her plans for a career in medicine.
- 1947 – Jackie Robinson was named Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News.
- 1954 – The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding was published.
- 1976 – NASA unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise.
- 2013 – Brooklyn Nine-Nine, a police procedural comedy created by Michael Schur and Dan Goor, premiered on NBC.