1616Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana

1800Alessandro Volta reports his discovery of the electric battery in a letter to Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London

1815Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule

1852Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston)

1868Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville, Kentucky, of $14,000

1890German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

1906George Bernard Shaw's "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" premieres in London

1937Franco offensive at Guadalajara, Spain

1942Gen MacArthur vows, "I shall return"

1965Civil and Women's Rights Activist Dorothy Height has her first column published in the weekly African-American newspaper called the "New York Amsterdam News"

1968LBJ signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money

1973Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death

1983Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open

1988Laura Davies wins Circle K LPGA Tucson Golf Open

1988Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1989Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation

1990LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33

1990Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident

1991Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records

1994"Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 137 perfs

1994Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament

200216th Soul Train Music Awards: The O'Jays, Dr. Dre & Alicia Keys wins

2004Stephen Harper wins the leadership of the newly created Conservative Party of Canada, becoming the party's first leader.

200418th Soul Train Music Awards: R. Kelly, Janet Jackson, Outkast & Beyoncé win