1805 – Lewis and Clark sight Pacific Ocean.
1837 – In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy shot dead (age 34) by pro-slavery mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
1874 – 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by Thomas Nast.
1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
1916 – Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) elected to Congress as its first woman Representative.
1929 – Museum of Modern Act opens in Hecksher Building in New York.
1933 – Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports.
1944 – US President FDR wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey (R).
1954 – US spy plane shot down North of Japan.
1957 – Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
1962 – Richard Nixon tells press he won’t be available to kick around any more after losing election for Governor of California.
1963 – New York Yankee Elston Howard is 1st African American ever voted AL MVP.
1967 – LBJ signs a bill establishing Corporation of Public Broadcasting.
1973 – New Jersey 1st state to allow girls into little league.
1976 – “Gone With the Wind” televised.
1983 – Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries.
1990 – “Those Were The Days” opens at Edison Theater NYC for 126 performances.
1991 – Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers.
2000 – Controversial US presidential election that was later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.
2012 – Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington approve measure for same-sex marriage.
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