1911
The world's most famous art heist.
The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre museum in France by an Italian waiter, Vicenzo Perruggia.
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1680
Pueblo Indians drove out the Spanish and took possession of Santa Fe, N.M.
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1831
Nat Turner led an insurrection of slaves in Virginia.
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1858
The famous debates between Senator Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln began in Illinois.
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1940
Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City.
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1945
Harry S. Truman announced the end of the Lend-Lease Program.
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1959
Hawaii became the 50th state in the United States.
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1983
Corazon Aquino's husband Benigno, who was Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos's chief political opponent, was assassinated.
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1991
Latvia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
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