1919: The World War I peace conference opened in Versailles, France.

1991: Financially strapped Eastern Airlines shut down after 62 years in business.

1993: For the first time, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was observed in all 50 states.

1998: President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit when he answered questions from lawyers for Paula Jones, who had accused the president of sexual harassment.

2004: Three U.S. soldiers were killed north of Baghdad, pushing the U.S. death toll in the Iraq conflict to 500.

Births

Edgar Allen Poe b. 18 Jan 1809 (Boston), d. 7 Oct 1849 (Baltimore); poet and originator of the modern detective story.

Deaths

In 1862, John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, died in Richmond, Va., at age 71.

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