1820: James Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise.
1833: Abraham Lincoln received a license to dispense liquor in Springfield, Illinois.
1849: James Garfield entered the Geauga Seminary in Chester, Ohio.
1849: After his presidency, James Polk left Washington for a tour of the East Coast and South, but he contracted cholera and died on June 15.
1857: The Supreme Court issued the Dred Scot decision.
1875: Former President Andrew Johnson took his seat in the US Senate.
2016: Nancy Reagan died.