1556
China rocked
The deadliest earthquake on record killed 830,000 in Shanxi, China.
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1789
Georgetown University established in what is now Washington, DC.
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1849
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician in the U.S.
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1964
The 24th Amendment to the Constitution, barring poll taxes, was ratified.
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1968
North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo (the crew was released 11 months later.)
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1973
President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
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1989
Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84.
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1993
The first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, died.
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2002
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty.
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2004
Bob Keeshan, "Captain Kangaroo," died at age 76.
