1587

Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born in present-day America, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina.

1920

The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing American women’s right to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it.

1969

The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York, wound to a close after three nights with a midmorning set by Jimi Hendrix.

2014

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the National Guard to Ferguson for protests over the fatal shooting of Black 18-year-old Michael Brown.