On this day in history

  • Sultan Mehmed II inherited the throne of the Ottoman Empire. (1451)
  • The Illinois Territory was created. (1809)
  • Wake Forest University was established. (1834)
  • The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified. (1870)
  • The Sixteenth Amendment was ratified. (1913)
  • Morgan Fairchild (1950), Nathan Lane (1956) and Rebel Wilson (1986) were born.
  • Woodrow Wilson (1924) and Buddy Holly (1959) died.
  • I married my best friend. Happy anniversary, Rockford! (2001)
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