1803 – Marbury v. Madison confirms the legal principle of judicial review.
1864 – Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first Black woman to receive an M.D. degree.
1868 – President Andrew Johnson impeached on 11 articles of impeachment.
1912 – Henrietta Szold founds Hadassah, the largest Jewish organization in American history, focusing on healthcare and education in Israel and the U.S.
1946 – Juan Perón elected in Argentina.
1955 – Steve Jobs is born.
1967 – Jocelyn Bell Burnell makes the first discovery of a pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star.
1977 –US President Jimmy Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights.
1984 – Prince Charles gets engaged to Lady Diana Spencer.
1988 – Supreme Court defends right to satirize public figures
1991 – Gulf War ground offensive begins
2020 – Katherine G. Johnson, the groundbreaking NASA mathematician featured in Hidden Figures, dies at age 101.