1867 - US Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal roundly ridiculed as "Seward's Folly."
1822 - Florida became a United States territory.
1842 - Dr. Crawford W. Long of Jefferson, Georgia, first used ether as an anesthetic during a minor operation.
1870 - the 15th amendment to the Constitution, giving black men the right to vote, was declared in effect.
1870 - Texas was readmitted to the Union.
1945 - the Soviet Union invaded Austria during World War Two.
1964 - John Glenn withdrew from the Ohio race for US Senate because of injuries suffered in a fall.
1970 - the musical "Applause" opened on Broadway.
1973 - Ellsworth Bunker resigned as US ambassador to South Vietnam, and was succeeded by Graham A. Martin.
1981 - President Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington DC hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr. Also wounded were White House press secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a District of Columbia police officer.
1998 - Rolls-Royce was purchased by German automaker BMW in a $570 million deal.
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