1805 – Lewis and Clark sight Pacific Ocean.
1864 – 2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes.
1874 – 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by Thomas Nast.
1876 – President Rutherford B. Hayes & Samuel J. Tilden claim presidential victory. Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R).
1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
1932 – 1st broadcast of “Buck Rogers in the 25th century” on CBS-radio.
1933 – Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports.
1954 – US spy plane shot down North of Japan.
1962 – Richard Nixon tells press he won’t be available to kick around any more after losing election for Governor of California.
1963 – NY Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP.
1967 – LBJ signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1976 – “Gone With the Wind” televised.
1983 – Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no damages.
1991 – Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers.
2000 – Hillary Clinton is elected to the US Senate, becoming first US First Lady to win public office and while still the First Lady.
2000 – Controversial US presidential election that was later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.
2004 – War in Iraq: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day “state of emergency” as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
2007 – 41st Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley wins.
2012 – Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington approve measures for same-sex marriage.
2015 – Sierra Leone is declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (death toll 4,000).
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