1860 – Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th American President
1941 – Einsatz Gruppe kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine
1945 – House Committee on Un-American Activities begins investigation of 7 radio commentators
1958 – AL announces that KC will play AL record 52 night games in 1959
1964 – WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 – Twins Jim Perry wins AL Cy Young Award
1981 – Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award
1994 – 24th NYC Women’s Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:27:37
1999 – Australians vote to keep the British monarch as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
2018 – Colorado elects Jared Polis, the country’s first openly male gay governor