| 1631 | The Reverend John Eliot arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the first Protestant minister to dedicate himself to the conversion of Native Americans to Christianity. |
| 1796 | John Adams was elected the 2nd President of the United States of America. |
| 1973 | The U.S. launched the Mariner 10 spacecraft. On March 29, 1974 it became the first spacecraft to reach the planet Mercury. |
| 1991 | Israeli and Palestinian representatives held their first-ever face-to-face talks in Madrid, Spain. |
| 1995 | President Clinton dedicated a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery to the 270 victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. |
| 1998 | Minnesota elected Jesse "The Body" Ventura, a former pro wrestler, as its governor. |
| 1998 | Bob Kane, the creator of Batman, died at the age of 83. |
| 1998 | A state-run newspaper in Iraq urged the country to prepare to battle "the U.S. monster." |
| 1998 | Minnesota elected Jesse "The Body" Ventura, a former pro wrestler, as its governor. |
| 2003 | In Kabul, Afghanistan, a post-Taliban draft constitution was unveiled. |
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