1751 – James Madison, the 4th president of the United States, was born in Virginia.
1802 – The U.S. Military Academy, the first military school in the United States, is established by Congress in West Point, NY.
1850 – The novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was published for the first time.
1871 – The state of Delaware, the first state to enter the union, enacted the first fertilizer law.
1882 – The U.S. Senate approved a treaty allowing the United States to join the Red Cross.
1926 – American Robert H. Goddard launched the world first liquid-fueled rocket at Auburn, MA.
1945 – Fighting on Iwo Jima ended, as U.S. forces secured the Pacific island.
1968 – The My Lai massacre occurred in Vietnam, as American soldiers killed between 200 and 500 unarmed civilians.
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