1513
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida.
1792
Congress authorized the first U.S. mint, in Philadelphia.
1865
Confederate president Jefferson Davis and most of his cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.
1870
Victoria Claflin Woodhull announced her candidacy for president of the United States.
1917
President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany.
1932
Charles Lindbergh paid a $50,000 ransom for the return of his kidnapped son.
1982
Argentina seized the Falkland Islands from Britain
2005
Pope John Paul II died.
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