1454 ~ Birthday of Amerigo Vespucci, Explorer.

1842 ~ Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Nabucco” opens in Milan.

1862 ~ The "Monitor" (Union) and "Merrimack" (Confederate) battle to a draw in Hampton Roads.

1873 ~ Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded.

1890 ~ Birthday of Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister.

1910 ~ Birthday of Samuel Barber, Composer.

1934 ~ Birthday of Yuri Gagarin, first man into space (Vostok 1).

1943 ~ Birthday of Bobby Fischer, World Chess Champion

1945 ~ 334 US B-29 Superfortresses fire bomb Tokyo.

1959 ~ Barbie, the American icon, brought to market.

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