•1703 – John Wesley, English founder of Methodism, was born
•1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor
•1898 – The US Navy Hospital Corps is established
•1944 – Iceland becomes independent from Denmark and forms a republic
•1972 – Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition
•1942 – Mohammed ElBaradei, Egyptian, International Atomic Energy Agency director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, was born
•1980- Tennis star, Venus Williams, was born in Lynwood, California
•1986 – Kate Smith, American singer (God Bless America), died
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