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| 1860 | Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y., wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, suggesting he could improve his appearance by growing a beard. |
| 1946 | Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering fatally poisoned himself hours before he was to have been executed. |
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| 1951 | The situation comedy "I Love Lucy" premiered on CBS. |
| 1964 | It was announced that Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev had been removed from office. |
| 1976 | Democrat Walter F. Mondale and Republican Bob Dole faced off in the first debate between vice-presidential nominees. |
| 1990 | Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 1990 | South Africa's Separate Amenities Act, which had barred blacks from public facilities for decades, was scrapped. |
| 1991 | The Senate narrowly confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, 52-48. |
| 1993 | Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. |
| 2002 | ImClone Systems founder Sam Waksal pleaded guilty in New York in the biotech company's insider trading scandal. |
| 2005 | Iraqis voted to approve a constitution. |
| 2007 | The New York Yankees and third baseman Alex Rodriguez agreed on a record 10-year, $275 million contract, the richest in sports history. |
| 2009 | A false report that a 6-year-old boy was aboard a runaway balloon in Colorado captivated a global TV audience. (The boy's parents later pleaded guilty to charges they made up the story.) |
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