In 1834, the Indian Territory was created by Congress.
In 1859, French acrobat Emile Blondin crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope as 5,000 spectators watched.
In 1870, Ada H. Kepley of Effingham, Ill., became America's first female law school graduate.
In 1934, Adolf Hitler began his "blood purge" of political and military leaders in Germany. Among those killed was Ernst Roehm, leader of the Nazi storm troopers and Hitler's one-time ally.