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1770
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Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
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1868
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U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted during the Senate impeachment, by one vote.
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1888
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The capitol of Texas was dedicated in Austin.
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1939
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The Philadelphia Athletics and the Cleveland Indians met at Shibe Park in Philadelphia for the first baseball game to be played under the lights in the American League.
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1948
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The body of CBS News correspondent George Polk was found in Solonika Bay in Greece. It had been a week after he'd disappeared.
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1960
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A Big Four summit in Paris collapsed due to the American U-2 spy plane incident.
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1963
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After 22 Earth orbits, Gordon Cooper returned to Earth, ending Project Mercury.
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1969
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Venus 5, a Russian spacecraft, landed on the planet Venus.
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1985
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Michael Jordan was named Rookie of the Year in the NBA.
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1988
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A report released by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop declared that nicotine was addictive in similiar ways as heroin and cocaine.
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1991
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Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
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1992
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The Endeavour space shuttle landed safely after its maiden voyage.
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1996
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Admiral Jeremy "Mike" Boorda, the nation's top Navy officer, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after some of his military awards were called into question.
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1997
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In Zaire, President Mobutu Sese Seko gave control of the country to rebel forces ending 32 years of autocratic rule.
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2000
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U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was nominated to run for U.S. Senator in New York. She was the first U.S. first lady to run for public office.
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