1776, Virginia's colonial convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights, a model for the U.S. Bill of Rights. Learn more →
1939, The National Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, New York, inducting Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Honus Wagner into its inaugural class. Learn more →
1942, Anne Frank received a diary for her 13th birthday in Amsterdam, just weeks before her family went into hiding from the Nazis. Learn more →
1964, Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment by South Africa's apartheid government for sabotage and conspiracy. Learn more →
1967, The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down all state bans on interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia. Learn more →
1979, Cyclist Bryan Allen pedaled the human-powered Gossamer Albatross across the English Channel, winning the second Kremer Prize. Learn more →
1987, President Ronald Reagan stood at the Brandenburg Gate and challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Learn more →
2018, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un held the first-ever summit between leaders of both nations in Singapore. Learn more →