2002: The New England Patriots shock football fans everywhere by defeating the heavily favored St. Louis Rams, 20-17, to take home their first Super Bowl victory. Pats’ kicker Adam Vinatieri made a 48-yard field goal to win the game just as the clock expired.
2005: Under Republican President George W. Bush, Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation as the nation’s first Hispanic attorney general despite protests over his record on torture.
1924: Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, dies in Washington, D.C., at the age of 67.
