1869-Ulysses Grant inaugurated as 18th President
1913-New York Yankees are 1st to train outside US (Bermuda)
1944-1st U.S. bombing of Berlin
1952-Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis
1955-1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent
1960-Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz
1964-Jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering
1968-Martin Luther King Jr announces plans for Poor People's Campaign
1970-Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to average 100+ points per game
1977-Earthquake in Romania, kills 1,541
1980-40th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
1984-Pee Wee Reese & Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1989-Actress Phoebe Cates marries actor Kevin Kline
1994-4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center
1997-Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks
1997-President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research