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In 1861, Florida became the third U.S. state to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy.
In 1911, Major Jimmie Erickson shot the first photograph ever taken from an airplane.
In 1917, frontiersman Buffalo Bill Cody died at the age of 70.
In 1920, the League of Nations was created.
In 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt traveled to Trinidad. The trip made him the first president ever to visit a foreign country during wartime.
In 1951, Donald Howard Rogers piloted the first passenger jet on a trip from Chicago to New York City.
In 1956, Elvis Presley recorded his first tunes for RCA Victor.
In 1969, the final issue of "The Saturday Evening Post" was published. The magazine had been published for 147 years.
In 1971, fashion designer Coco Chanel died at the age of 87.
In 1982, actor, comedian Paul Lynde died at the age of 55. He is best remembered as the man who occupied the center square on "The Hollywood Squares."
In 1984, singer Cyndi Lauper became the first woman since Bobbie Gentry to be nominated for five Grammy Awards.
In 1986, the uncut, four-hour version of the musical "ShowBoat" opened at the Kennedy Center in Washington. It was the first time in 60 years the uncut version had been played for an audience.
In 1993, David Letterman announced he would move his late night show from NBC to CBS. Letterman signed a 14-million dollar contract with CBS to host "The Late Show With David Letterman."
In 1994, Lorena Bobbitt went on trial in Manassas, Virginia, after being accused of cutting off her husband's penis with a kitchen knife.
In 1999, the mob drama series "The Sopranos" made its debut on HBO.
In 2000, singer Melissa Etheridge ended speculation about the paternity of the children she shared with partner Julie Cypher when she announced that musician David Crosby was the children's father. Cypher carried the children that Crosby fathered by artificial insemination. Etheridge and Cypher split nine months later.
In 2000, America Online announced that it had agreed to buy Time Warner, the largest traditional media company in the U.S., for $165 billion.
In 2004, in a show of support for local cattle ranchers following the discovery of the first U.S. case of mad cow disease, almost two thousand residents of Mabton, Washington braved freezing temperatures to eat beef at a rally sponsored by a local radio station.
In 2005, a Southern California mudslide turned deadly when the steep hillside in La Conchita, north of Los Angeles, collapsed after several days of heavy rain. Several people were buried under the rubble created by the mudslide.
In 1911, Major Jimmie Erickson shot the first photograph ever taken from an airplane.
In 1917, frontiersman Buffalo Bill Cody died at the age of 70.
In 1920, the League of Nations was created.
In 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt traveled to Trinidad. The trip made him the first president ever to visit a foreign country during wartime.
In 1951, Donald Howard Rogers piloted the first passenger jet on a trip from Chicago to New York City.
In 1956, Elvis Presley recorded his first tunes for RCA Victor.
In 1969, the final issue of "The Saturday Evening Post" was published. The magazine had been published for 147 years.
In 1971, fashion designer Coco Chanel died at the age of 87.
In 1982, actor, comedian Paul Lynde died at the age of 55. He is best remembered as the man who occupied the center square on "The Hollywood Squares."
In 1984, singer Cyndi Lauper became the first woman since Bobbie Gentry to be nominated for five Grammy Awards.
In 1986, the uncut, four-hour version of the musical "ShowBoat" opened at the Kennedy Center in Washington. It was the first time in 60 years the uncut version had been played for an audience.
In 1993, David Letterman announced he would move his late night show from NBC to CBS. Letterman signed a 14-million dollar contract with CBS to host "The Late Show With David Letterman."
In 1994, Lorena Bobbitt went on trial in Manassas, Virginia, after being accused of cutting off her husband's penis with a kitchen knife.
In 1999, the mob drama series "The Sopranos" made its debut on HBO.
In 2000, singer Melissa Etheridge ended speculation about the paternity of the children she shared with partner Julie Cypher when she announced that musician David Crosby was the children's father. Cypher carried the children that Crosby fathered by artificial insemination. Etheridge and Cypher split nine months later.
In 2000, America Online announced that it had agreed to buy Time Warner, the largest traditional media company in the U.S., for $165 billion.
In 2004, in a show of support for local cattle ranchers following the discovery of the first U.S. case of mad cow disease, almost two thousand residents of Mabton, Washington braved freezing temperatures to eat beef at a rally sponsored by a local radio station.
In 2005, a Southern California mudslide turned deadly when the steep hillside in La Conchita, north of Los Angeles, collapsed after several days of heavy rain. Several people were buried under the rubble created by the mudslide.
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