1933

The German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act, which effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers.

1965

America’s first two-person space mission took place as Gemini 3 blasted off with astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and John W. Young aboard.

1981

The U.S. Supreme Court, in H.L. v. Matheson, ruled that states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teenage girls seek abortions.

2010

Claiming a historic triumph, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, a $938 billion health care overhaul.