1931 - "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem of the United States.
1845 - Florida became the 27th state....more
1849 - the US Department of the Interior was established.
1849 - Congress created the Minnesota Territory.
1875 - the Georges Bizet opera "Carmen" premiered in Paris.
1887 - Anne Mansfield Sullivan arrived at the Alabama home of Captain and Mrs. Arthur H. Keller to become the teacher of their blind and deaf six-year-old daughter, Helen.
1940 - Artie Shaw and his orchestra recorded "Frenesi" for RCA Victor.
1969 - "Apollo Nine" blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test the lunar module.
1974 - nearly 350 people died when a Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris.
1991 - 25 people were killed when a United Airlines Boeing 737-200 crashed while approaching the Colorado Springs airport.
1991 - In a case that sparked a national outcry, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video.
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