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These things happened on this day:

Notable events

1836: The Battle of the Alamo took place during the Texas Revolution. The Mexican army captured the fort after a 13-day siege.
1857: The Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that Black people were not citizens. This decision brought the US closer to the Civil War.
1896: Charles Brady King, a mechanical engineer, drove the first motor car in Detroit, Michigan. The car was called the "Horseless Carriage".
1940: The first telecast from an airplane in the US took place in New York City.
1973: The Supreme Court issued the Roe v. Wade decision.
1981: American hostages were released from Iran after being held for 444 days.
2010: Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director for The Hurt Locker (2008).
2020: The first case of COVID-19 in the US was confirmed.