1836

The siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.

1903

President Theodore Roosevelt signed an agreement with Cuba to lease the area around Guantanamo Bay to the United States.

1942

The first shelling of the U.S. mainland during World War II occurred as a Japanese submarine fired on an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, California, causing little damage.

1945

During World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two American flags.

2007

A Mississippi grand jury refused to bring any new charges in the 1955 slaying of Emmett Till.

2020

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on a residential Georgia street; a white father and son had armed themselves and pursued him after seeing him running through their neighborhood.

Birthdays

Football Hall of Famer Fred Biletnikoff is 80. Rock musician Brad Whitford is 71. TV personality/businessman Daymond John is 54. Film and theater composer Robert Lopez is 48. Actor Kelly Macdonald is 47. Actor Josh Gad is 42. Actor Emily Blunt is 40. Actor Dakota Fanning is 29.