Davy Crockett 1786 - Frontiersman, soldier and politician. He died at the Battle of the Alamo
- 1790 - The capital city of the U.S. moved to Philadelphia from New York City.
- 1863 - Federal batteries and ships bombarded Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC, harbor during the Civil War.
- 1982 - The U.S. Senate approved an immigration bill that granted permanent resident status to illegal aliens who had arrived in the United States before 1977.
- 1996 - Ross Perot was announced to be the Reform Party's presidential candidate. It was the party's first-ever candidate.
- 1998 - U.S. President Clinton admitted to having an improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.
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