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  • 1831

    Edgar Allan Poe dismissed from West Point for neglect of duty. View Post →

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  • 1836

    Alamo falls after 13 days; Travis, Bowie, Crockett among 182-257 Texans killed.

  • 1922

    Babe Ruth signs with Yankees for $52,000 a year for 3 years.

  • 1945

    George Nissen patents the first modern trampoline.

  • 1950

    Silly Putty goes on sale in the US.

  • 2012

    9,000 evacuated in Wagga Wagga, Australia due to flood threat.

  • 1987

    193 die as ferry 'Herald of Free Enterprise' capsizes in North Sea.

  • 1869

    Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to Russian Chemical Society.

  • 1972

    Shaquille O'Neal, basketball legend and cultural icon, born.

  • 1475

    Michelangelo, master of Renaissance art, born.

  • 1899

    Aspirin patented by Felix Hoffman and Hermann Dreser.

  • 1981

    Reagan announces plan to cut 37,000 federal jobs.

  • 2001

    Napster's decline begins.

  • 1521

    Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam.

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