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| 1789 | Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first secretary of the treasury. |
| 1814 | An American fleet scored a decisive victory over the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. |
| 1850 | Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale," gave her first concert in the United States, at Castle Garden in New York. |
| 1885 | Author D.H. Lawrence was born in Eastwood, England. |
| 1941 | Charles A. Lindbergh sparked charges of anti-Semitism with a speech in which he blamed "the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt administration" for trying to draw the United States into World War II. |
| 1962 | The Beatles recorded their first single, "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You," at EMI studios in London. |
| 1971 | Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev died at age 77. |
| 1973 | Chilean President Salvador Allende died in a violent military coup. |
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| 1985 | Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds recorded his 4,192nd hit, breaking Ty Cobb's career record. |
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| 1997 | Scots voted to create their own Parliament after 290 years of union with England. |
| 1998 | Congress released Kenneth Starr's report, which offered graphic details of President Bill Clinton's alleged sexual misconduct and leveled accusations of perjury and obstruction of justice. |
| 2002 | Football Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas died at age 69. |
| 2007 | China signed an agreement to prohibit the use of lead paint on toys exported to the United States. |
| 2009 | Michael Jordan was enshrined in the basketball Hall of Fame. |
