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- 1820 - Britain's King George III died insane at Windsor Castle.
- 1848 - Greenwich Mean Time was adopted by Scotland.
- 1886 - The first successful petrol-driven motorcar, built by Karl Benz, was patented.
- 1916 - In World War I, Paris was bombed by German zeppelins for the first time.
- 1985 - The Dow Jones industrial average peaked at 1,292.62.
- 1990 - Joseph Hazelwood, the former skipper of the Exxon Valdez, went on trial in Anchorage, AK, on charges that stemmed from America's worst oil spill. Hazelwood was later acquitted of all the major charges and was convicted of a misdemeanor.
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