Cornelius Vanderbilt 1898
- 1789 - George Washington took office as first elected U.S. president.
- 1803 - The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. They had been married for one day. One week later Germany surrendered unconditionally.
- 1952 - Mr. Potato Head became the first toy to be advertised on network television.
- 1991 - An estimated 125,000 people were killed in a cyclone that hit Bangladesh.
- 1993 - CERN put the World Wide Web software in the public domain.
- 1998 - NATO was expanded to include Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The three nations were formally admitted the following April at NATO's 50th anniversary summit.
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