On this date
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the Island of Elba and headed back to France in a bid to regain power.
In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed a congressional act establishing Mount McKinley National Park (now Denali National Park) in the Alaska Territory.
In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson signed a congressional act establishing Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
In 1929, President Calvin Coolidge signed a measure establishing Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
In 1952, Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that Britain had developed its own atomic bomb.
In 1970, National Public Radio was incorporated.
In 1987, the Tower Commission, which probed the Iran-Contra affair, issued a report rebuking President Ronald Reagan for failing to control his national security staff.
Ten years ago: A power failure later blamed primarily on human error resulted in sporadic outages across large parts of Florida.
Five years ago: The Senate voted, 58-41, to confirm Republican Chuck Hagel to be U.S. defense secretary.
One year ago: At the 89th Academy Awards, “Moonlight,” an LGBT coming-of-age drama, won three Oscars, including best picture of 2016; in a startling gaffe, the musical “La La Land” was mistakenly announced as the best picture winner before the error was corrected.