1915

The first Kiwanis Club, dedicated to community service, was founded in Detroit.

1924

Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin died at age 53.

1976

British Airways and Air France inaugurated scheduled passenger service on the supersonic Concorde jet.

1977

On his first full day in office, President Jimmy Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders.

2010

A deeply divided U.S. Supreme Court, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, vastly increased the influence of big business and labor unions by allowing unlimited contributions to political campaigns.

2020

The U.S. reported its first known case of the 2019 novel coronavirus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who had returned the previous week from the outbreak’s epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle.

Birthdays

Golf Hall of Famer Jack Nicklaus is 85. Opera singer Plácido Domingo is 84. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 75. Actor Geena Davis is 69. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., is 64. Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon is 62. Singer Emma Bunton (Spice Girls) is 49. Actor Luke Grimes is 41.