1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
1837 – In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
1893 – Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
1907 – Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University.
1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
1913 – The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
1914 – The first issue of The New Republic is published.
1916 – Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
1918 – Billy Graham, American minister and author is born.
1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
1933 – Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America.
1962 – Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (b. 1884) dies.
1967 – Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
1980 – Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (b. 1930) dies.
1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
1989 – David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
1991 – Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA.
2000 – Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.
2011 – Joe Frazier, American boxer (b. 1944) dies.
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