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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States (More info)

1913 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa (More info)

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1872 – In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time and is later fined $100 (More info)

1895 – George B. Selden is granted the first US patent for a gas-powered automobile (More info)

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1921 – Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo (More info)

1924 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States (More info)

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1913 – The United States introduces an income tax (More info)

1964 – Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time (More info)

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So you think you had a rough day at the office? Think about the pilot and crew of the Boeing 767 making a landing in Warsaw Poland. Once you watch the video, you might rethink how bad your day was.

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1936 – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers (More info)

1948 – In the greatest upset in presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats his Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (More info)

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist Michelangelo’s finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first time (More info)

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Danica May Camacho was born in Manila, Philippines just before midnight on Sunday, weighing five-and-a-half pounds.

But a much larger number will always be associated with the baby girl, as the UN has declared her the world’s seven billionth person.

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th state in the US (More info)

1926 – Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that develop after his appendix ruptures (More info)

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1534 – The English parliament passes the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church (More info)

1922 – Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy (More info)

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1929 – The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of ’29 or “Black Tuesday,” ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression (More info)

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty (More info)

1919 – The US Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January (More info)

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