Oscar Wilde 1854
1793 - During the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette was beheaded after being convicted of treason.
1859 - Abolitionist John Brown led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA (now located in West Virginia).
1916 - Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in New York City, NY.
1964 - China detonated its first atomic bomb becoming the world's fifth nuclear power.
1987 - Rescuers freed Jessica McClure from the abandoned well that she had fallen into in Midland, TX. She was trapped for 58 hours.
1989 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush signed the Gramm-Rudman budget reduction law that ordered federal programs be cut by $16.1 billion.
1995 - The "Million Man March" took place in Washington, DC.
1859 - Abolitionist John Brown led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA (now located in West Virginia).
1916 - Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in New York City, NY.
1964 - China detonated its first atomic bomb becoming the world's fifth nuclear power.
1987 - Rescuers freed Jessica McClure from the abandoned well that she had fallen into in Midland, TX. She was trapped for 58 hours.
1989 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush signed the Gramm-Rudman budget reduction law that ordered federal programs be cut by $16.1 billion.
1995 - The "Million Man March" took place in Washington, DC.
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