1859U.S. Rep Daniel E. Sickles of New York was acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity — the first successful use of that defense in American history. Sickles shot and killed District of Columbia District Attorney Philip Barton Key II, the son of Francis Scott Key, for having an affair with Sickles’ wife.1976President Gerald Ford issued Proclamation 4417, ending a 1942 Executive Order issued by Franklin D. Roosevelt that led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps during World War II.