1837-Mount Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts-1st US college founded for women
1861-U.S. removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent
1864-Abraham Lincoln elected to his 2nd term as President
1895 Wilhelm Rontgen discovers x-rays
1933-FDR creates the Civil Works Administration
1950-First jet-plane battle of Korean War
1956-U.N. demands USSR leave Hungary
1966-Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California
1984-Anna Fisher becomes the first "mom" to go into orbit
1987-11 die as a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at Ulster Remembrance Day Service
1988-900 die as earthquake hits China
1990-100,000 additional U.S. troops are sent to the Persian Gulf
1990-Saddam fires his army chief & threatens to destroy Arabian peninsula
2016-Donald John Trump (R) beats Hillary Clinton (D) to become the 45th President of the United States.