1963: Martin Luther King Jr. led a March on Washington. Standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial and addressing hundreds of thousands of people, he delivered a powerful speech that came to be known as his "I Have a Dream" speech.

1917: Ten suffragists were arrested as they picketed the White House. The protesters were there in an effort to pressure President Woodrow Wilson to support the proposed "Anthony amendment" to the Constitution that would guarantee women the right to vote. Daily picketing began on January 10, 1917. During that year, more than 1,000 women from across the country joined the picket line outside the White House. (Source: Library of Congress)

1831: Lucy Webb Hayes, wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was the first wife of a president to be called "First Lady" and the first one to graduate from college. She died in Fremont, Ohio on June 25, 1889.