In 1348, King Edward III of England established the Order of the Garter.
In 1564, the English poet and dramatist William Shakespeare is believed to have been born in
Stratfor-on-Avon.
In 1789, President-elect George Washington and his wife, Martha, moved into the first executive mansion, the Franklin House, in New York.
In 1791, the 15th president of the United States, James Buchanan, was born in Franklin County, Penn.
In 1896, the "Vitascope" system for projecting movies onto a screen was demonstrated at a music hall in New York City.
In 1940, about 200 people died in a dance hall fire in Natchez, Miss.
In 1954, Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit the first of his record 755 major-league home runs, in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Braves won the game, 7-5.
In 1968, the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church merged to form the United Methodist Church.
In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for the assassination of New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. The sentence was later reduced to life imprisonment.
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"It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them."
