Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date

1770

Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.

1866

Congress authorized minting of the nickel.

1868

The United States Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment against him. (Johnson was acquitted of all charges.)

1920

Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome.

1929

The first Academy Awards were presented during a banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The movie ''Wings'' won best production; Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor were named best actor and best actress.

1946

The musical ''Annie Get Your Gun'' opened on Broadway.

1975

Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

1991

Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.

1995

Japanese police arrested doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara, holding him in connection with the nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier.

1997

In Zaire, President Mobutu Sese Seko ended 32 years of autocratic rule, giving control of the country to rebel forces.

1990

Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. died in Los Angeles at age 64.

1990

''Muppets'' creator Jim Henson died in New York at age 53.

1996

Admiral Jeremy ''Mike'' Boorda, the nation's top Navy officer, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after some of his military awards were called into question.

2010

Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona). American heavy metal singer. He fronted and founded numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell.