Boris Pasternak 1890
- 1763 - The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. In the treaty France ceded Canada to England.
- 1863 - In New York City, two of the world’s most famous midgets, General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren were married.
- 1897 - "The New York Times" began printing "All the news that's fit to print" on their front page.
- 1962 - The Soviet Union exchanged capture American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for the Soviet spy Rudolph Ivanovich Abel being held by the U.S.
- 1998 - A man became the first to be convicted of committing a hate crime in cyberspace. The college dropout had e-mailed threats to Asian students.
- 2005 - North Korea publicly announced for the first time that it had nuclear arms.
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