1619: Thirty-eight Englishmen left their ship, ventured into the Virginia wilderness, and observed a prayer of Thanksgiving. Their 8,000-acre plantation, located on the James River 30 miles west of Jamestown, would be known as the Berkeley Hundred.

1875: William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, the notorious leader of New York City's Democratic political machine, escaped from prison and fled to Europe. Between 1865 and 1871, Boss Tweed had stolen millions of dollars from the New York city treasury.

1945: The Senate approved United States participation in the United Nations.

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