Nikolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) 1870 - Russian premier (1917-1924)
- 1864 - The U.S. Congress passed legislation that allowed the inscription "In God We Trust" to be included on one-cent and two-cent coins.
- 1889 - At noon, the Oklahoma land rush officially started as thousands of Americans raced for new, unclaimed land.
- 1915 - At the Second Battle Ypres the Germans became the first country to use poison gas.
- 1930 - The U.S., Britain and Japan signed the London Naval Treaty, which regulated submarine warfare and limited shipbuilding.
- 1970 - The first "Earth Day" was observed by millions of Americans.
- 1987 - The American Physical Society said that the "Star Wars" missile system was "highly questionable" and would take ten years to research.
- 2000 - Elian Gonzalez was reunited with his father. He had to be taken from his Miami relatives by U.S. agents in a predawn raid.
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