1831: James Garfield was born.
1834: Franklin Pierce and Jane Means Appleton married.
1863: Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg address, while he was coming down with smallpox.
1998: The House of Representatives began impeachment hearings against Bill Clinton.
2021: President Joe Biden had a colonoscopy and transferred the power of the presidency to Vice President Kamala Harris.
2023: Rosalynn Carter died.