1889 - French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French tricolor from atop the Eiffel Tower, officially marking its completion.
1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued an edict expelling Jews from Spanish soil, except for those willing to convert to Christianity.
1917 - the United States took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark.
1923 - the first US dance marathon, held in New York City, ended with Alma Cummings setting a world record of 27 hours on her feet.
1933 - Congress authorized the Civilian Conservation Corps.
1943 - Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "Oklahoma!" opened on Broadway.
1945 - the Tennessee Williams play "The Glass Menagerie" opened on Broadway.
1949 - Newfoundland entered confederation as Canada's tenth province.
1968 - President Johnson stunned the country by announcing he would not run for another term of office.
1976 - the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that coma patient Karen Anne Quinlan could be disconnected from her respirator. (Quinlan, who remained comatose, died in 1985.)
1986 - 167 people died when a Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashed in a remote mountainous region of Mexico.
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