1853 – Olympia forms as capital of Washington Territory.
1861 – Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederacy.
1871 – Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in South Carolina.
1914 – World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
1934 – Winston Churchill tells British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin not to under estimate German air power.
1942 – 492 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston.
1944 – Hal Newhouser is named American League MVP.
1951 – John Van Druten’s “I am a Camera” premieres in NYC.
1956 – Photography begins on “….& God Created Women”
1958 – American League announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9.
1958 – US reports 1st full-range firing of an Intercontinental ballistic missile.
1963 – Crusher beats Verne Gagne in St. Paul, to become NWA champ.
1969 – Ted Sizemore becomes 7th Dodger to win NL Rookie of Year.
1973 – Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry wins American League Rookie of Year.
1979 – LA Dodger Rick Sutcliffe wins National League Rookie of Year.
1983 – 9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched.
1986 – US President Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for 1st time.
1986 – OPEC reaches oil production accord.
1994 – In Portage, Wisconsin, convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by an inmate in the Columbian Correction Institutional gymnasium.
1995 – James Brady, former White House press secretary, suffers a heart attack.
2016 – “Hamilton” sets new record for most money earned in a week on Broadway – $3.3 million.
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