Events:
1796 Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine de Beauharnais, widow of a former French officer executed during the revolution.
1841 The Supreme Court ruled that the Amistad slaves were free.
1862 The first battle between two ironclad ships, the Monitor (Union) and Merrimack (Confederate) occurred, revolutionizing naval warfare.
1933 The special session of Congress known as the “100 days” opened, launching FDR’s New Deal.
1935 The cartoon character Porky Pig first appears in “I Haven’t Got a Hat”.
1957 Aleutian Islands register a 9.1 magnitude earthquake.
1959 The first Barbie doll debuts.
1964 U.S. Supreme Court issued N.Y. Times v. Sullivan ruling.
1964 The first Ford Mustang is built.
1987 U2 releases the album The Joshua Tree.
1990 Dr. Antonia Novello was sworn in as both the first Hispanic and woman to be U.S. surgeon general.
Famous Birthdays:
1454 Amerigo Vespucci (Italian explorer)
1934 Yuri Gagarin (1st man in space)
1943 Bobby Fisher (Chess Champion)
1959 Barbie’s offical Birthday (the doll)
1971 Emmanuel Lewis (Actor)
1984 Julia Mancuso (Gold Medal skier)
1987 Bow Wow (Singer and Rapper)