- 1789 – George Washington unanimously elected as the nation’s first president
- 1794 – France abolishes slavery. However, it was reinstated in 1802 under Napoleon.
- 1826 – The Last of the Mohicans is published.
- 1913 – Rosa Parks is born.
- 1921 – Betty Friedan is born
- 1938 – Walt Disney’s first full-length feature film, Snow White, is released.
- 1962 – First U.S. helicopter shot down in Vietnam.
- 1974 – 19-year-old Patty Hearst is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
- 1983 – Karen Carpenter dies of heart failure brought on by anorexia.
- 1986 – Sojourner Truth is on a US stamp.
- 1996 – Republican J.C. Watts becomes the first Black Representative to respond to a State of the Union address.
- 2004 – Facebook launches. Do you remember when you joined??
