[[File:Lincoln Memorial.jpg|100px|right|The sculpture of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial.]]

*[[1809]] – Birth of [[Abraham Lincoln]] in Nolin Creek, three miles south of [[Hodgenville]], [[Kentucky]].

*[[1914]] – In [[Washington, D.C.]], the first stone of the [[Lincoln Memorial]] (pictured) is put into place.

*[[1946]] – [[African American]] [[United States Army]] veteran [[Isaac Woodard]] is severely beaten by a [[South Carolina]] police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the [[African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968)|Civil Rights Movement]] and partially inspires [[Orson Welles]]' film ''[[Touch of Evil]]''.

*[[1999]] – [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]] is acquitted by the [[United States Senate]] in his [[impeachment]] trial.

*[[2004]] – The city of [[San Francisco]], [[California]] begins issuing [[San Francisco 2004 same-sex weddings|marriage licenses]] to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor [[Gavin Newsom]].