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| 1756 | Aaron Burr, America's third vice president, was born in Newark, N.J. |
| 1788 | Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. |
| 1895 | Baseball Hall of Famer George Herman "Babe" Ruth was born in Baltimore. |
| 1899 | A peace treaty between the United States and Spain was ratified by the U.S. Senate. |
| 1933 | The 20th Amendment to the Constitution was declared in effect. It moved the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January. |
| 1945 | Reggae musician Bob Marley was born in St. Ann parish in Jamaica. |
| 1952 | Britain's King George VI died. |
| 1993 | Tennis Hall of Famer Arthur Ashe, who had conracted HIV through a tainted blood transfusion, died at age 49. |
| 1999 | Excerpts of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky's videotaped testimony were shown at President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial in the Senate. |
| 2000 | First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton launched her successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate. |
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| 2001 | Ariel Sharon was elected Israeli prime minister in a landslide over Ehud Barak. |
| 2004 | An explosion ripped through a Moscow subway car during rush hour, killing 41 people in a terrorist attack blamed on Chechen separatists.
Thought for Today: "Life is just one grand sweet song, so start the music." — President Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).
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