On this day in history —

• The Missouri Compromise extends the reach of slavery in the US (1820)
• Florida becomes a state (1845)
• Tsar Alexander II emancipates Russian serfs (1861)
• Carmen premiers and the first organized indoor game of ice hockey is played (1875)
• The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), predecessor agency to NASA, is founded (1915)
• Time magazine begins publications (1923)
• The last Caliph, عبد المجید الثانی (Abdülmecid II ) is deposed (1924)
• “The Star-Spangled Banner” becomes the US National Anthem (1931)
• Manila is liberated by troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur (1945)
• Rodney King is beaten by police and Latvia and Estonia become independent (1991)
• The first round-the-world aircraft flight without refueling finishes (2005)

It’s the birthday of —

• Jessica Biel, actress (1982)
• Tone Lōc, rapper (1966)
• Herschel Walker, football player (1962)
• Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympian (1962)
• Miranda Richardson, actress (1958)
• Perry Ellis, fashionista (1940)
• Lee Radziwill, Jackie O sis (1933)
• James Doohan, up-beamer (1920)
• Jean Harlow, bombshell (1911)
• Lincoln J. Beachey, aviator (1887)
• William Frawley, Lucy landlord (1887)
• Charles Ponzi, schemer (1882)
• Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (1847)
• Jamsetti Tata, Indian industrialist (1839)
• George Pullman, railroad car builder (1831)

Deaths —

• Ralph McQuarrie, Star Wars designer (2012)
• Fred Friendly, CBS president (1998)
• Carlos Montoya, guitarist (1993)
• Albert Sabin, polio vaccinator (1993)
• Arthur Murray, dance instructor (1991)
• Danny Kaye, actor and dancer (1987)
• Hergé, Tintin creator (1983)
• Lou Costello, Abbott partner (1959)
• Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor (1707)

Holidays —

• Hinamatsuri (雛祭) (Japan)
• Liberation Day (Bulgaria)
• Martyr’s Day (Malawi)
• Mother’s Day (Georgia)
• Feast of Cunigunde of Luxembourg (Catholicism)