1789 – US House of Representatives 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker
1793 – Washington’s 2nd inauguration as US President, shortest speech (133 words)
1865 – Abraham Lincoln inaugurated for his 2nd term as US president
1909 – US prohibits interstate transportation of game birds
1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. announces plans for Poor People’s Campaign
1968 – Italian boxer Nino Benvenuti regains world middleweight title with a 15-round points decision over American champion Emile Griffith at Madison Square Garden, NY; last of famous trilogy of fights
1972 – Last train run between Penrith to Keswick, UK
1990 – US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) returns from space
1997 – Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU)
2012 – Munitions dump explosions kill at least 250 people in the Republic of Congo