This Day in History
In Alaska
• In 1914, a speed-limit law with a top speed of 8 mph was put into effect in Juneau.
• In 1959, Gov. William Egan publicly opposed Alaskan House Majority Leader Peter Kalamarides' suggestion that the capital be moved from Juneau.
In the nation
• In 1635, religious dissident Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• In 1701, the Collegiate School of Connecticut - later Yale University - was chartered.
• In 1776, a group of Spanish missionaries settled in present-day San Francisco.
• In 1930, Laura Ingalls became the first woman to fly across the United States as she completed a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field, N.Y., to Glendale, Calif.
• In 2001, letters postmarked in Trenton, N.J., were sent to senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy. The letters later tested positive for anthrax.
In the world
• In 1962, Uganda won autonomy from British rule.
• In 1967, Latin American guerrilla leader Che Guevara was executed while attempting to incite revolution in Bolivia.
• In 1998, Ariel Sharon returned to the center of power in Israel as the country's new foreign minister.