In 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected first president of the United States by the Electoral College. In 1922, the Ford Motor Co. acquired the Lincoln Motor Co. for $8 million. In 1974, newspaper heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, California.

Fernand Léger (1881-1955), artist; Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974), aviator; Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), theologian/Holocaust victim; Rosa Parks (1913-2005), activist; Betty Friedan (1921-2006), writer/activist; Lawrence Taylor (1959- ), football player; Clint Black (1962- ), musician; Oscar de la Hoya (1973- ), boxer.

In 1987, skipper Dennis Conner sailed to victory in the America’s Cup yacht race, redeeming his loss in 1983—the first time an American had failed to win the 132 year-old event.

The 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, were the first Olympic Games to use artificial snow.

“It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.” – Betty Friedan