Overview

• In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
• A powerful derecho in 2020 caused four deaths and $11 billion in damage across the Midwest.
• The French Revolution saw the attack on Tuileries Palace in 1792, leading to King Louis XVI's arrest.
• In 1988, President Reagan signed a bill providing reparations to Japanese-Americans interned during WWII.
• The thwarting of a major terrorist plot to bomb U.S.-bound flights occurred on this date in 2006.