On this day in 1872, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened in New York City.
On this day in 1933, the Congress of the United States proposed the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that will end Prohibition in the United States.
On this day in 1943, American movie studio executives agreed to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
On this day in 1965, Ranger 8 crashed into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.