1906

The deadliest earthquake in U.S. history struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires across the city. More than 3,000 people are believed to have been killed by the quake, which was estimated to have reached as high as 8.3 magnitude on the Richter scale.

1955

Physicist Albert Einstein died in Princeton, New Jersey, at age 76.

1983

63 people, including 17 Americans, were killed at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, by a suicide bomber driving a van laden with explosives.

2016

“Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop stage biography of America’s first treasury secretary, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

2023

Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a $787.5 million settlement in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network promoted falsehoods regarding the 2020 presidential election.

Birthdays

Actor Rick Moranis is 72. Actor Eric Roberts is 69. Journalist-author Susan Faludi is 66. Actor Jane Leeves is 64. Ventriloquist-comedian Jeff Dunham is 63. Talk show host Conan O’Brien is 62. Actor Eric McCormack is 62. Actor Maria Bello is 58. Football Hall of Famer Willie Roaf is 55. Actor Melissa Joan Hart is 49. Actor America Ferrera is 41.