1789 – George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration
1862 – Slavery abolished in District of Columbia
1912 – Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to fly across English Channel
1952 – “4 Saints in 3 Acts” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 15 performances
1953 – British royal yacht Britannia launched by Queen Elizabeth II
1957 – Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Dickie Moore has a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 5-1 for a 4-1 series victory
1987 – British Conservative MP Harvey Proctor appears at Bow Street Magistrates’ Court in London charged with gross indecency
1987 – Peter Taylor’s “Summons to Memphis” wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction
2003 – Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union
2020 – New study claims a multi-decade megadrought is already under way in the western US, published in journal “Science”