Historical Events
1554
Lady Jane Grey is executed after serving as Queen of England for nine days.
1809
Abraham Lincoln is born in Hodgenville, Kentucky.
1912
The Chinese Empire officially ends as the last emperor, Puyi, abdicates.
1999
President Clinton is acquitted by the US Senate in his impeachment trial.
2001
The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lands on the asteroid Eros.
Famous Birthdays
1663
Cotton Mather
Colonial American Puritan minister involved in the Salem witch trials.
1809
Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States who led the country through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
1809
Charles Darwin
English naturalist who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.
1880
John L. Lewis
American labor leader who organized miners into the United Mine Workers of America.
1974
Josh Brolin
American actor known for No Country for Old Men and Avengers: Infinity War.
