In 1868, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina were readmitted to the Union.
In 1876, Lt. Col. A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana.
In 1888, the Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated Benjamin Harrison for the presidency.
(Harrison went on to win the November election, defeating incumbent Grover Cleveland.)
In 1906, a love triangle came to a violent end atop New York's Madison Square Garden as architect Stanford White, the building's desgner, was shot to death by Harry Thaw, the jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit.
In 1942, the British air force staged a bombing raid on Bremen, Germany, during World War II.
In 1950, war broke out as North Korea invaded South Korea. The U.N. Security Council, meeting in emergency session, issued a cease-fire call that went unheeded.
In 1951, the first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.
In 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that use of an unofficial, non-denomination prayer in New York state public schools was unconstitutional.
In 1973, former White House counsel John W. Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee.
In 1981, the U.S. Supreme Court held that male-only draft registration is constitutional.
In 1982, in a surprise move, President Ronald Reagan announced the resignation of his secretary of state, Alexander M. Haig Jr., and the nomination of George P. Shultz to succeed him.
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Movie director Sidney Lumet (1924)
Actress June Lockhart (1925)
Singer Carly simon (1945)
Rock singer George Michael (1963)
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"First learn to love yourself, and then you can love me."
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux, French religious leader (1090-1153)
