1918: After being arrested and sentenced to time in a workhouse, Lafayette Park protestors begin hunger strike.

09 Feb
Newer 1920 Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment by a single vote.
Older 2009: Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice and the third woman to serve on the court. Raised in a housing project in the South Bronx, N.Y., she is the daughter of Puerto Rican parents and previously served on the board of directors for the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund.