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| 1842 | Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill. |
| 1879 | Humorist Will Rogers was born in Oologah, Okla. |
| 1880 | The first cash register was patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio. |
| 1922 | The entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in Egypt. |
| 1924 | Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation's first woman governor. |
| 1939 | The United States modified its neutrality stance in World War II to allow "cash and carry" purchases of arms by belligerents, a policy favoring Britain and France. |
| 1942 | During World War II, Axis forces retreated from El Alamein in North Africa in a major victory for British forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Bernard Montgomery. |
| 1952 | Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson. |
| 1955 | Baseball Hall of Famer Cy Young died at age 88. |
| 1956 | Soviet troops moved in to crush a revolt in Hungary. |
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| 1979 | The Iranian hostage crisis began as militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan won the White House, defeating President Jimmy Carter. |
| 1995 | Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist after speaking at a peace rally in Tel Aviv. |
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| 2001 | The first movie based on the best-selling "Harry Potter" books by J.K. Rowling has its world premiere in London. |
| 2008 | California voters approved Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage. |
| 2010 | . Hall of Fame baseball manager Sparky Anderson died at age 76. |
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