Roberto Duran 1951 - Boxer
- 0455 - Rome was sacked by the Vandal army.
- 1858 - In a speech in Springfield, IL, U.S. Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved. He declared, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
- 1884 - At Coney Island, in Brooklyn, NY, the first roller coaster in America opened.
- 1952 - "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl" was published in the United States.
- 1980 - The movie "The Blues Brothers" opened in Chicago, IL.
- 2000 - U.S. federal regulators approved the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corp. The merger created the nation's largest local phone company.
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