Car engineer Henry Ford died at the age of 83.
Source
New York and New Jersey were struck by the strongest earthquake in over one hundred years.
Texaco was formed.
NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe from Cape Canaveral.
Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted, devastating Naples in the process.
Donald Trump married his first wife, Ivana Zelníčková, in Manhattan, New York.
