On this date in history:

In 1832, the first Democratic Party national convention convened in Baltimore.

In 1856, Lawrence, Kan., was burned by pro-slavery forces.

In 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed the Spirit of St. Louis in Paris, completing the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic in 33 1/2 hours.

In 1932, five years to the day after Charles Lindbergh ended his historic flight, Amelia Earhart became the first pilot to repeat the feat, flying solo across the Atlantic from Newfoundland, Canada, to Ireland. She completed her flight in 13 1/2 hours.

In 1941, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed an unlimited state of national emergency -- seven months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

In 1991, former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated while campaigning.

In 1998, two students were killed and 25 wounded by a classmate who opened fire in a high school cafeteria in Springfield, Ore. The 15-year-old shooter, Kipland Kip Kinkel, had also killed his parents. (He was sentenced to 111 years in prison.)

In 2003, an earthquake near Algiers, Algeria, killed more than 2,200 people and injured another 10,000.

In 2006, the FBI accused U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and said agents found $90,000 of the money in a freezer at his home. (Jefferson was eventually sentenced to 13 years in federal prison.)

In 2009, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began his second term after a coalition led by his Congress Party scored a resounding victory in parliamentary elections.

In 2012, a New Jersey judge sentenced Dharun Ravi to 30 days in jail, 300 hours of community service, three years' probation and ordered him to contribute $10,000 to an organization that helps victims of bias crimes. Ravi had been convicted of invasion of privacy and other charges for using a webcam to spy on his gay college roommate, Tyler Clementi, who later committed suicide by jumping off a bridge.

In 2013, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco struck down an Arizona law banning abortions after 20 weeks unless there's a medical emergency. The court said, Arizona may not deprive a woman of the choice to terminate her pregnancy at any point prior to viability.

In 2014, EBay asked its millions of website users to change their passwords after a cyberattack.

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