On this date

In 1863, deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City.

In 1973, former presidential aide Alexander P. Butterfield revealed to Senate Watergate Committee staff members the existence of President Richard Nixon’s secret White House taping system. (Butterfield’s public revelation came three days later.)

In 1977, a blackout hit New York City; widespread looting broke out. (The electricity was restored about 25 hours later.)

In 1978, Lee Iacocca was fired as president of Ford Motor Co. by chairman Henry Ford II.

In 1999, Angel Maturino Resendiz, suspected of being the “Railroad Killer,” surrendered in El Paso, Texas. (Resendiz was executed in 2006.)

In 2013, a jury in Sanford, Fla., cleared neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman of all charges in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager whose killing unleashed debate over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice.

In 2013, actor Cory Monteith, who shot to fame in TV’s “Glee,” was found dead in a hotel room in Vancouver, British Columbia; he was 31.

Ten years ago: Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee in history, vowed loyalty to “the impartiality of our justice system” at the start of her Senate confirmation hearing.

Five years ago: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell met with dozens of governors as the Obama administration tried to get support from states that would host thousands of Central American children who had crossed the Mexican border on their own.

One year ago: A grand jury indictment, sought by special counsel Robert Mueller, alleged that the Russian government was behind a conspiracy to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.