1631 The Reverend John Eliot arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the first Protestant minister to dedicate himself to the conversion of Native Americans to Christianity.
1796 John Adams was elected the 2nd President of the United States of America.
1973 The U.S. launched the Mariner 10 spacecraft. On March 29, 1974 it became the first spacecraft to reach the planet Mercury.
1991 Israeli and Palestinian representatives held their first-ever face-to-face talks in Madrid, Spain.
1995 President Clinton dedicated a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery to the 270 victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
1998 Minnesota elected Jesse "The Body" Ventura, a former pro wrestler, as its governor.
1998 Bob Kane, the creator of Batman, died at the age of 83.
1998 A state-run newspaper in Iraq urged the country to prepare to battle "the U.S. monster."
1998 Minnesota elected Jesse "The Body" Ventura, a former pro wrestler, as its governor.
2003 In Kabul, Afghanistan, a post-Taliban draft constitution was unveiled.