In 1842, Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd.
In 1904, Harvard Stadium became the first stadium built specifically for football.
In 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in Egypt.
In 1948, T.S. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
In 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Adlai Stevenson in an election vote to become U.S. President.
In 1955, Baseball Hall-of-Famer Cy Young died at the age of 88.
In 1961, Bob Dylan played his first concert at New York's Carnegie Hall. Fifty people showed up and he earned 20-dollars for the show.
In 1979, 52 workers at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran were taken hostage by Iranian militants. The hostages remained in captivity for 444 days.
In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States.
In 1980, Sadaharu Oh retired from professional baseball with 868 career home runs. Oh played for Tokyo's Yomiuri Giants.
In 1981, Dr. George Nichopoulas was acquitted of overprescribing addictive drugs to Elvis Presley.
In 1987, in a child-abuse case that sparked national outrage, six-year-old Elizabeth Steinberg was pronounced dead at a New York City hospital. Her illegal adoptive father, Joel Steinberg, was later sentenced to prison for the child's death.
In 1988, Bill Cosby and his wife Camille donated 20-million dollars to Spelman College.
In 1993, Canadian Liberal Party leader Jean Chretien was sworn in as prime minister.
In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated minutes after attending a peace rally.
In 2001, NBC's "The West Wing" took eight honors at the Emmy Awards, including best dramatic series. HBO's "Sex and the City" won best comedy series.
In 2004, in his first press conference since winning reelection, President George W. Bush vowed to stick to his guns in the war on terror and finish the job in Iraq.

In 1904, Harvard Stadium became the first stadium built specifically for football.
In 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in Egypt.
In 1948, T.S. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
In 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Adlai Stevenson in an election vote to become U.S. President.
In 1955, Baseball Hall-of-Famer Cy Young died at the age of 88.
In 1961, Bob Dylan played his first concert at New York's Carnegie Hall. Fifty people showed up and he earned 20-dollars for the show.
In 1979, 52 workers at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran were taken hostage by Iranian militants. The hostages remained in captivity for 444 days.
In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States.
In 1980, Sadaharu Oh retired from professional baseball with 868 career home runs. Oh played for Tokyo's Yomiuri Giants.
In 1981, Dr. George Nichopoulas was acquitted of overprescribing addictive drugs to Elvis Presley.
In 1987, in a child-abuse case that sparked national outrage, six-year-old Elizabeth Steinberg was pronounced dead at a New York City hospital. Her illegal adoptive father, Joel Steinberg, was later sentenced to prison for the child's death.
In 1988, Bill Cosby and his wife Camille donated 20-million dollars to Spelman College.
In 1993, Canadian Liberal Party leader Jean Chretien was sworn in as prime minister.
In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated minutes after attending a peace rally.
In 2001, NBC's "The West Wing" took eight honors at the Emmy Awards, including best dramatic series. HBO's "Sex and the City" won best comedy series.
In 2004, in his first press conference since winning reelection, President George W. Bush vowed to stick to his guns in the war on terror and finish the job in Iraq.


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