1492 • The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.

1637 • Anne Hutchinson, the first female religious leader in the American colonies, was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for heresy.

1665 • The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.

1837 • In Alton, IL, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy was shot to death by a mob (supporters of slavery) while trying to protect his printing shop from a third destruction.

1874 • A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the Repuglican Party.

1876 • The cigarette manufacturing machine was patented by Albert H. Hook.

1893 • Women in the Colorado are granted the right to vote.

1944 • President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first person to win a fourth term as president.

1965 • The “Pillsbury Dough Boy” debuted in television commercials.

1967 • The Selective Service Commission announced that college students arrested in anti-war demonstrations would lose their draft deferments.

1989 • Richard Ramirez, convicted of California’s “Night Stalker” killings, was sentenced to death.

1989 • Douglas Wilder wins the governor’s seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor.

1989 • David Dinkins becomes the first African American mayor of New York City.

2006 • Noah Legel voted for the first time in a federal election.

2006 • Chicago O’Hare UFO sighting

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