1982 - groundbreaking ceremonies took place in Washington DC for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1804 - the Louisiana Purchase was divided into the Territory of Orleans and the District of Louisiana.
1827 - composer Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna.
1875 - poet Robert Frost was born in San Francisco.
1892 - poet Walt Whitman died in Camden, New Jersey.
1911 - playwright Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi.
1958 - the US Army launched America's third successful satellite, Explorer Three.
1964 - the musical play "Funny Girl" opened on Broadway.
1971 - East Pakistan proclaimed its independence, taking the name Bangladesh.
1979 - the Camp David peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (men-AH'-kem BAY'-gihn) and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House.
1997 - the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate techno-religious cult who'd committed suicide were found inside a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, California.
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