- 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
- 1601 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Queen Elizabeth I – the revolt is quickly crushed
- 1692 – A doctor in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony suggests that two girls in the family of the village minister may be suffering from bewitchment, leading to the Salem witch trials.
- 1837 – Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
- 1865 – In the United States, Delaware voters reject the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12, 1901.)
- 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
- 1922 – President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House.
- 1963 – Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
- 1971 – The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
- 1974 – After 84 days in space, the crew of the first American space station Skylab returns to Earth.
- 1978 – Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
- 1980 – One of the best big brothers a girl could ever have, Charles E. Rice Jr., was born in Jacksonville, IL.
Ok, so I guess I could have just linked you to the Wikipedia page that I got all of this information from, but what fun would that be? Happy 30th Birthday, big bro. This past year has been a great one, I hope this year is even better.
And what would a birthday be without a video of Alice singing Happy Birthday. Love you!
