André Malraux, French statesman and author (Man's Fate), born in Paris (1901)

Annie Oakley, American sharp shooting show woman, died (1926)

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Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island” first published (1883)

Casper Bauhin, Swiss botanist developed the use of genus and species names (1623)

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USSR launched the world's first inhabited space capsule, Sputnik II, which carried a dog into orbit (1957)

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“Wizard of Oz”, classic children’s movie, debuted on TV (1956)

North Sea oil pipeline opened (1975)

Two French government agents pleaded guilty to sinking the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand (1985)

John W. Menard of Louisiana became the first Black American elected to Congress (1868)

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Ulysses Grant elected U.S.President (1868)

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected U.S. President (1936)

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Linus Pauling won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for research into the nature of the chemical bond (1954)

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Lyndon Johnson elected U.S. President (1964)

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Bill Clinton elected U.S. President (1992)

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Public Television in the U.S. premiered when a number of local educational TV stations joined to form PBS (1969)