William M. (Marcy) "Boss" Tweed 1823 - Political boss (D), known for his Tweed "Ring" that stole millions of dollars from New York City
- 1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before.
- 1860 - The first Pony Express riders left St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. The trip across country took about 10 days. The Pony Express only lasted about a year and a half.
- 1946 - Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines.
- 1948 - U.S. President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan to revive war-torn Europe. It was $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
- 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated.
- 1996 - Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski was arrested. He pled guilty in January 1998 to five Unabomber attacks in exchange for a life sentence without chance for parole.
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