1858-Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand"
1903-Ford Motors incorporates
1909-1st U.S. airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000
1917-1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia
1933-U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created
1940-Communist govt installed in Lithuania
1941-1st U.S. federally owned airport opened in Washington DC
1947-Pravda denounces Marshall Plan
1961-Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris
1963-Valentina Tereshkova becomes 1st woman in space, aboard Vostok 6
1984-Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race
1991-Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russian SSR