1468
Johann Gutenberg, German printer and inventor, died.
1870
The 15th Amendment (black suffrage) passed.
1913
The 16th Amendment, establishing federal income tax, was ratified.
1917
The U.S. broke off diplomatic relations with Germany.
1959
Rock singers, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and Big Bopper died in a plane crash.
1995
Col. Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the space shuttle when the Discovery blasted off.
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