| 628 | In Persia, Kavadh sues for peace with the Byzantines. | |
| 1367 | John of Gaunt and Edward the Black Prince win the Battle of Najara, in Spain. | |
| 1559 | Philip II of Spain and Henry II of France sign the peace of Cateau-Cambresis, ending a long series of wars between the Hapsburg and Valois dynasties. | |
| 1860 | The Pony Express connects St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California. | |
| 1862 | Slavery is abolished in Washington, D.C. | |
| 1865 | Union forces occupy the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. | |
| 1882 | The American outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back and killed by his cousin, Bob Ford. | |
| 1910 | Alaska's Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America is climbed. | |
| 1920 | F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre are married at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. | |
| 1936 | Bruno Hauptmann, killer of the Lindbergh baby, is executed. | |
| 1942 | The Japanese begin their all-out assault on the U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan. | |
| 1944 | The U.S. Supreme Court rules that black citizens are eligible to vote in all elections, including primaries. | |
| 1948 | President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan, it will revive war-torn Europe. | |
| 1966 | Three-thousand South Vietnamese Army troops lead a protest against the Ky regime in Saigon. | |
| 1972 | Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States after a twenty-year absence. | |
| 1984 | Coach John Thompson of Georgetown University becomes the first African-American coach to win an NCAA basketball tournament. |
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