On this date
In 1793,
the Louvre began admitting the public, even though the French museum had been officially open since August.
In 1892,
former President Cleveland defeated incumbent Benjamin Harrison, becoming the first (and, to date, only) chief executive to win non-consecutive terms to the White House.
In 1923,
Adolf Hitler launched his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch.”
In 1942,
Operation Torch, resulting in an Allied victory, began during World War II as U.S. and British forces landed in French North Africa.
In 1974,
a federal judge in Cleveland dismissed charges against eight Ohio National Guardsmen accused of violating the civil rights of students who were killed or wounded in the 1970 Kent State shootings.
In 1987,
11 people were killed when an Irish Republican Army bomb exploded as crowds gathered in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, for a ceremony honoring Britain’s war dead.
In 1994,
midterm elections resulted in Republicans winning a majority in the Senate while at the same time gaining control of the House for the first time in 40 years.
Ten years ago:
President George W. Bush suffered the first veto override of his 7-year-old presidency as the Senate enacted, 7914, a $23 billion water resources bill despite his protest that it was filled with unnecessary projects.
Five years ago:
Jared Lee Loughner was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the January 2011 shootings in Tucson, Ariz., that killed six people and wounded 13 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
One year ago:
Democrat Zena Stephens of Jefferson County made history upon her election as the first black woman sheriff in Texas.