1901 –
Bob Marshall (pictured), author, government official, and one of the founders of The
Wilderness Society, is born. Today he is considered largely responsible for the wilderness preservation movement in America.
1920 – The second
Palmer Raid takes place, with 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial across several U.S. cities.
1949 –
Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected
governor of the
Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico. All previous holders of the office were appointed, first by the King of Spain, then by the President of the United States.