1844 ~ John Tyler took Julia Gardiner as his bride, thus becoming the first U.S. President to marry while in office.

1894 ~ The American Railway Union called a general strike in sympathy with Pullman workers.

1900 ~ A commission that included Dr. Walter Reed began the fight against the deadly disease yellow fever.

1917 ~ General John "Black Jack" Pershing arrived in France with the American Expeditionary Force. 

1926 ~ A memorial to the first U.S. troops in France was unveiled at St. Nazaire.

1948 ~ The Berlin Airlift began as the U.S., Britain and France started ferrying supplies to the isolated western sector of Berlin.

1959 ~ CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow interviewed Lee Remick. It was his 500th and final guest on "Person to Person."

1961 ~ A Kuwaiti vote opposed Iraq's annexation plans.

1963 ~ U.S. President John Kennedy announced "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) at the Berlin Wall.

1971 ~ The U.S. Justice Department issued a warrant for Daniel Ellsberg, accusing him of giving away the Pentagon Papers.

1975 ~ Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency due to "deep and widespread conspiracy."

1981 ~ In Mountain Home, Idaho, Virginia Campbell took her coupons and rebates and bought $26,460 worth of groceries. She only paid 67 cents after all the discounts.

1985 ~ Wilbur Snapp was ejected after playing "Three Blind Mice" during a baseball game. The incident followed a call made by umpire Keith O'Connor.

1996 ~ The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Virginia Military Institute to admit women or forgo state support

1997 ~ The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act of 1996 that made it illegal to distribute indecent material on the Internet.

1997 ~ The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws that allow for a ban on doctor-assisted suicides.

1998 ~ The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers are always potentially liable for supervisor's sexual misconduct toward an employee.

2000 ~  The Human Genome Project and Celera Genomics Corp. jointly announced that they had created a working draft of the human genome.

2001 ~ Ray Bourque (Colorado Avalanche) announced his retirement just 17 days after winning his first Stanley Cup. Bouque retired after 22 years and held the NHL record for highest-scoring defenseman and playing in 19 consecutive All-Star games.

2002 ~ WorldCom Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.