President Bill Clinton is Impeached by the United States House of Representatives

France Formally Recognizes the United States

Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe Attempt to Escape From Alcatraz Prison

The American Psychiatric Association Votes to Remove Homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

The Supreme Court Upholds the Civil Rights Act

American Civil War: The Battle of Fredericksburg

Joseph H. Rainey Becomes the Second Black U.S. congressman

Indiana Becomes the 19th U.S. State

The Treaty of Paris is Signed, Officially Marking the End of the Spanish-American War

The Cross Mountain Mine Disaster