1805—Lewis and Clark sight Pacific Ocean.
1837—In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy shot deat (age 34) by pro-slavery mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
1861—Battle of Port Royal Bay – Union forces captured Fort Walker and Fort Beauregard during US Civil War.
1874—1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican party symbol, by Thomas Nast.
1876—Meharry Medical College forms at Central Tennessee College.
1907—Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University.
1916—Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) elected to Congress as its first woman Representative.
1932—1st broadcast of “Buck Rogers in the 25th century” on CBS-radio.
1942—First US president to broadcast in a foreign language-FDR in French.
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.
1982—“Your Arms are Too Short to Box” closes at Alvin NYC after 68 performances.
1983—Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries.
1991—Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers.
1993—Betsy KIng wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament.
2000—Controversial US presidential election that was later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case.
2000—Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady to win public office in the United States, although actually she still was the First Lady.
2012—Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington approve measures for same-sex marriage.
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