1919

President Woodrow Wilson had a serious stroke at the White House that left him paralyzed on his left side.

1967

Thurgood Marshall joined the U.S. Supreme Court at its first African American justice; he would serve on the bench for 24 years until his retirement in 1991.

1970

One of two chartered twin-engine planes flying the Wichita State University football team to Utah crashed into a mountain near Silver Plume, Colorado, killing 31 of the 40 people on board.

2018

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by Saudi Arabian officials at the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul.