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1665 ~ Death of Pierre de Fermat, Mathematician.

1893 ~ Birthday of Hermann Göring, Nazi official.

1915 ~ The U.S. House of Representatives defeated a proposal to give women the right to vote.

1976 ~ Death of Agatha Christie, Mystery Writer.

1991 ~ U.S. Congress authorized the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

1992 ~ In the film ”2001: A Space Odyssey”, the computer HAL 9000 was activated on this date.

2003 ~ Death of Maurice Gibb, Bee Gee.

2003 ~ Death of Leopoldo Galtieri, Dictator of Argentina.

2005 ~ Deep Impact, the first space mission to look inside a comet, was launched from Cape Canaveral.

2006 ~ A stampede broke out during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, killing 363 people.