In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole, beating a British expedition led by Robert F. Scott.

In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States that Congress had the authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against racial discrimination by private businesses (in this case, a motel that refused to provide hospitality). to black people).

In 1995, the Dayton Agreement was officially signed in Paris, ending the Bosnian War.

In 2012, a gunman with a semiautomatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then took his own life as police arrived. The 20-year-old also fatally shot his mother in her home before carrying out the attack on the school.

In 2020, the Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden as the nation’s next president, confirming his victory in November, with each state defying President Trump’s refusal to concede defeat. Voters gave Biden 306 votes to Trump’s 232.

In 2020, the largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history began as health care workers got vaccinated on the same day the country’s COVID-19 death toll reached 300,000.

In 2021, Stephen Curry set a new NBA career 3-point record; The Golden State Warriors guard scored his 2,974th at Madison Square Garden. 3-point shot against the New York Knicks.