History

Thirty years after her death by drowning on Southern California’s Catalina Island, questions remain about the mysterious demise of actress Natalie Wood — and now a boat captain is alleging he knows what happened.

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1869 – The Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, opens in Egypt (More info)

1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts the movie ‘Heidi’ instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the US (More info)

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1907 – Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory collectively enter the United States as Oklahoma, the 46th state (More info)

1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens (More info)

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1777 – After 16 months of debate, the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation (More info)

1867 – The first stock ticker is unveiled in New York City (More info)

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1882 – Billy the Kid is killed in a shootout in Tombstone, Arizona (More info)

1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly — aka Elizabeth Cochrane — begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days, completing the trip in 72 day (More info)

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66 years after it was lost during D-Day, a WWII helmet will finally be returned to the soldier’s family thanks to the efforts of a collector in Minnesota.

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1620 – Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts (More info)

1906 – Theodore Roosevelt

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1793 – After more than two centuries as a royal palace, the Louvre is opened as a public museum in Paris by the French revolutionary government (More info)

1895 – While experimenting with electricity, German scientist Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray (More info)

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1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia (More info)

1916 – Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to the United States Congress (More info)

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1913 – The United States introduces an income tax (More info)

1964 – Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time (More info)

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1936 – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers (More info)

1948 – In the greatest upset in presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats his Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (More info)

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1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th state in the US (More info)

1926 – Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that develop after his appendix ruptures (More info)

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