Associated Press

On Feb. 17, 1863, the International Red Cross was founded in Geneva.

In 1944, during World War II, U.S. forces invaded Eniwetok Atoll, encountering little initial resistance from Imperial Japanese troops.

In 1959, the United States launched Vanguard 2, a satellite that carried meteorological equipment.

In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon departed the White House on a historic trip to China.

In 1995, Colin Ferguson was convicted of six counts of murder in the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings.

In 2015, Vice President Joe Biden opened a White House summit on countering extremism and radicalization, saying the United States needed to ensure that immigrants were fully included in the fabric of American society to prevent violent ideologies from taking root at home.