HISTORICAL EVENTS
1624 – The England's parliament comes together
1793 – The United States Congress enacts the Fugitive Slave Act.
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1912 – The last emperor of China, Puyi of the Manchy Aisin Giroro clan and the 12th and final ruler of the Ming Dyansty, abdicates.
1973 – Release of U.S. POWs from the Vietnam War by North Vietnam begins with 142 men. The first prisoner to step on to the welcoming red carpet was Navy Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, the ranking office on the first plane of returnees. He had been in captivity for more than 8 years.
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2002 – Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic goes on trial for genocide and war crimes in Bosnia, Kosovo and Croatia. He ultimately died in his prison cell from a heart attack on March 11, 2006.
FAMOUS BIRTHS
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1809 – Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United Sates, is born in (then) Hardin Country, KY.
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FAMOUS DEATHS
1809 – English naturalist, Charles Darwin, developer of the theory of evolution (Origin of the Species), is born.
FAMOUS DEATHS
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