The arrest of five White House operatives sets off the Watergate scandal
The men were caught attempting to wiretap the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex. The scandal ultimately led to U.S. President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
Iceland becomes a republic
The Nordic island country had previously been included in the Norwegian and Danish monarchies. The republic’s first President was Sveinn Björnsson.
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic
Wilmer Stultz piloted the Fokker F.VII aircraft, Earhart kept the flight log. They arrived at Burry Port in Wales, the United Kingdom, 20 hours and 40 minutes later.
The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York
Hundreds of thousands of spectators welcomed the emblematic statue, which was a gift to the United States from the people of France and has become one of the country’s most recognized symbols.
- 1980 Venus Williams
American tennis player - 1945 Ken Livingstone
British politician - 1945 Eddy Merckx
Belgian cyclist - 1898 M. C. Escher
Dutch illustrator - 1882 Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
- 2012 Rodney King
American victim of police brutality - 1996 Curt Swan
American illustrator - 1981 Richard O’Connor
British army general - 1898 Edward Burne-Jones
British artist - 1025 Bolesław I Chrobry
