1. In 1864, Union forces under General Alfred Pleasonton battled Confederate forces under General Sterling Price in the Battle of Fort Scott. The Union forces were able to hold off the Confederate troops, preventing them from making any progress towards the city of Kansas City.

2. In 1937, the Flint Hills Discovery Center was opened in Manhattan. The center is dedicated to educating visitors on the natural history and ecology of the Flint Hills region of Kansas.

3. In 1955, Wichita became the site of the first successful open-heart surgery in the Midwest. Dr. Robert H. Goetz performed the procedure at St. Francis Hospital on a 10-year-old girl with a congenital heart condition.

4. In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech at Kansas State University titled "The Future of Integration." King discussed the need for equal opportunities and racial justice, and stressed the importance of education in achieving these goals.

5. In 2018, Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer signed a bill into law allowing for the use of CBD oil, a non-psychoactive derivative of marijuana, for medical purposes. The bill also removed CBD from the state's list of controlled substances.