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Peter O'Toole, British actor (Lawrence of Arabia), born (1933)

Pierre Charles L’Enfant, architect, engineer, Revolutionary War officer: designed the plan for city of Washington D.C., born (1754)

Warren G. Harding, 29th U.S. president, died in office and Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as new president (1923)

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Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, died (1922)

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Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor, died (1921)

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Wild Bill Hickock, Western scout and lawman, shot dead from behind (1876)

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P.T. 109 sank, stranding John F. Kennedy (WW 2) 1943

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Iraq invaded Kuwait, resulting in the Gulf War (1990)

Gulf of Tonkin incident led to further involvement by the U.S. in Vietnam (1964)