Marion Barry 1936
- 1836 - The thirteen-day siege of the Alamo by Santa Anna and his army ended. The Mexican army of three thousand men defeated the 189 Texas volunteers.
- 1857 - The U.S. Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision ruled that black people could not sue in federal court to be citizens.
- 1899 - Aspirin was patented by German researchers Felix Hoffman and Hermann Dreser.
- 1960 - The United States announced that it would send 3,500 troops to Vietnam.
- 1980 - Islamic militants in Tehran said that they would turn over American hostages to the Revolutionary Council.
- 1981 - U.S. President Reagan announced a plan to cut 37,000 federal jobs.
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