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Events

• Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine de Beauharnais in Paris—he arrived two hours late for the wedding – 1796
• President James Monroe’s daughter, Maria, became the first daughter of a president to be married in the White House – 1820
• A patent for artificial teeth was granted to Charles Graham of New York – 1822
• Abraham Lincoln announced he was running for his first political office. He failed for his bid for a seat in the Illinois legislature – 1832
• First Japanese Ambassador to U.S. arrived in San Francisco, CA – 1860
• Battle of U.S.S. Monitor and U.S.S. Merrimack (renamed C.S.S. Virginia) ended in a draw – 1862
• First V-8 Ford was built by Ford Motor Company – 1932
• The Hundred Days began. President FDR pushed sweeping social and economic reforms of the New Deal through Congress within the next 100 days – 1933
• Journalist Edward R. Murrow accused Sen. McCarthy of misleading the U.S. public and persecuting Congressional witnesses – 1954
• Celebrity premiere of East of Eden, the film version of John Stienbeck’s novel – 1955
• Barbie doll debuted – 1959
• The first animal to return from space was a dog whose Russian name translated as Blackie, aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 9 – 1961
• The Smothers Brothers’ television show was cancelled after they refused to censor a comment made by Joan Baez. She wanted to dedicate her song to her husband, David, who was about to go to jail for objecting to the draft – 1969
• Work began on the 789-mile Alaskan oil pipeline, the largest private construction project in U.S. history – 1975
• Health and Welfare Canada banned saccharin as a food additive – 1977
• Anne M. Burford was forced to resign as head of the EPA following a dispute with Congress over the agency’s enforcement of toxic waste regulations – 1983
• Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, and Carole Bayer Sager were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame – 1987
• President George H. W. Bush’s nominee for defense secratary, John Tower, lost Senate ratification vote – 1989
• Chris Bertish, a South African surfer, paddleboarded across the Atlantic solo. The 4,050 trek took him 93 days. – 2017