1964
I'll take Celebrities for $200, Alex.
The game show Jeopardy debuted on television.
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1842
Anesthesia was used for the first time in an operation.
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1856
The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War.
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1867
A treaty for the purchase of Alaska from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million, approximately two cents an acre, was submitted to the U.S. Senate.
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1870
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race.
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1981
President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley as he left a Washington hotel.
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2002
The Queen Mother Elizabeth of England died at the age of 101.
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