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| 1842 |
Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill. |
| 1879 |
Humorist Will Rogers was born in Oologah, Okla. |
| 1880 |
The first cash register was patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio. |
| 1922 |
The entrance to King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered in Egypt. |
| 1924 |
Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation’s first woman governor. |
| 1939 |
The United States modified its neutrality stance in World War II to allow “cash and carry” purchases of arms by belligerents, a policy favoring Britain and France. |
| 1942 |
During World War II, Axis forces retreated from El Alamein in North Africa in a major victory for British forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Bernard Montgomery. |
| 1952 |
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson. |
| 1955 |
Baseball Hall of Famer Cy Young died at age 88. |
| 1956 |
Soviet troops moved in to crush a revolt in Hungary. |
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| 1979 |
The Iranian hostage crisis began as militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. |
| 1980 |
Ronald Reagan won the White House, defeating President Jimmy Carter. |
| 1995 |
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist after speaking at a peace rally in Tel Aviv. |
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| 2001 |
The first movie based on the best-selling “Harry Potter” books by J.K. Rowling has its world premiere in London. |
| 2008 |
California voters approved Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage. |
| 2010 |
. Hall of Fame baseball manager Sparky Anderson died at age 76. |
