1870
Black Americans gain the right to vote
The 15th Amendment (black suffrage) passed.
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1468
Johann Gutenberg, German printer and inventor, died.
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1913
The 16th Amendment, establishing federal income tax, was ratified.
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1917
The U.S. broke off diplomatic relations with Germany.
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1959
Rock singers, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and Big Bopper died in a plane crash.
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1969
The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasir Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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1995
Col. Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the space shuttle when the Discovery blasted off.
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1998
Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker, the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1984.
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