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- 1853 – The Crimean War begins whan the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Roushie Empire.
- 1927 – Gutzon Borglum begins sculptin Munt Rushmore.
- 1957 – Sputnik 1 (picturt) acomes the first artifeecial satellite tae orbit the Yird.
- 1965 – Pape Paul VI begins the first papal veesit tae Americae.
- 2006 – WikiLeaks is launched.
Rutherford B. Hayes (b. 1822) · Max Planck (d. 1947) · Janis Joplin (d. 1970)