1512. Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were shown to the public for the first time.
1947. The Spruce Goose, flown by Howard Hughes, takes its first and only flight.
1979. Communist Worker's Party hold a “Death to the Klan” rally in Greensboro, North Carolina.
2008. Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election and makes history as the first African American U.S. president.
1994. George Foreman becomes the oldest heavyweight champion.
1860. Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States.
1944. President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a fourth term in office.
1951. Yogi Berra is the AL MVP.
1938. Nazis launch Kristallnact.
1969. Sesame Street premiered on PBS TV.
1918. World War I ends.
1980. Voyager I flies near Saturn.
1940. Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is released.
1851. Herman Melville's Moby Dick is published.
1806. Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountain top now known as Pike's Peak.
1973. President Nixon authorizes construction of the Alaska pipeline.
1869. The Suez Canal opens in Egypt.
1928. Mickey Mouse makes his debut in Steamboat Willie.
1863. Abraham Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the National Cemetery at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
1945. Nuremberg Trials begin against German World War II leaders accused of war crimes.