1865

Four people were hanged in Washington, D.C. for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln: Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt and Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the federal government.

1898

President William McKinley signed the Newlands Resolution, approving the annexation of the Republic of Hawaii.

1930

Construction began on Boulder Dam.

1976

The United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time as 119 women joined the Class of 1980.

1981

President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Birthdays

Former Beatle Ringo Starr is 85. Actor Billy Campbell is 66. Basketball Hall of Famer Ralph Sampson is 65. Singer-songwriter Vonda Shepard is 62. Actor-comedian Jim Gaffigan is 59. Basketball Hall of Famer Lisa Leslie is 53. Actor Kirsten Vangsness (“Criminal Minds”) is 53. Olympic figure skating medalist Michelle Kwan is 45. Pop musician Ashton Irwin (5 Seconds to Summer) is 31. Country singer Maddie Font (Maddie and Tae) is 30.