Events:
1813 - Lieutenant Colonel Winfield Scott captured Fort George forcing the British to withdraw from Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
1929 - The "pocket veto" was ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court.
1933 - Congress passed the Federal Securities Act.
1935 - The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 was declared unconstitutional leading to Franklin Roosevelt's 'court-packing' proposal of 1937.
1943 - Franklin Roosevelt created the Office of War Mobilization to coordinate war efforts for World War II.
Births:
1794 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, railroad magnate
1818 - Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragette
1819 - Julia Ward Howe, author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic
1837 - "Wild Bill" Hickok (James Butler), cowboy
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