In 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.
In 1539, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto landed in Florida.
In 1854, the territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.
In 1883, 12 people were trampled to death when a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge was in imminent danger of collapsing triggered a stampede.
In 1911, Indianapolis saw its first long-distance auto race. Ray Harroun was the winner.
In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington by Chief Justice William Howard Taft.
In 1937, 10 people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in south Chicago.
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The man of a thousand voices, Mel Blanc, (1908)
Country singer Wynonna Judd (1964)
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"If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely beome worms."