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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1842 – The Lombard Street Riot erupts in Philadelphia (More info) 1914 – Germany declares war on Russia, launching World War I (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1009 – Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII (More info) 1498 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1932 – Walt Disney’s ‘Flowers and Trees,’ the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Oscar-winning cartoon short, premieres (More info) 1945 – The USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sinks within 15 minutes, killing almost 900 men (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1940 – Bugs Bunny makes his debut in the animated short ‘A Wild Hare’ (More info) 1974 – The House Judiciary Committee votes to impeach President Richard Nixon for obstruction of justice (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1926 – Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film (More info) 1967 – In Detroit, Mich., one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African-American inner city, leaving 43 killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned (More info

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1903 – Ford Motor Company ships its first car (More info) 1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Ceylon — now Sri Lanka — is elected as Prime Minister, thus becoming the world’s first elected female head of government (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1692 – Five women are hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Mass. (More info) 1848 – The first women’s rights convention, called by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia C. Mott, was held in Seneca Falls, N.Y. (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 64 – A great fire begins that ultimately destroys most of Rome (More info) 1925 – Adolf Hitler publishes the first volume of his personal manifesto, ‘Mein Kampf’ (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1762 – Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III (More info) 1898 – Spain surrenders to the United States at Santiago, Cuba, ending the Spanish-American War (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States (More info) 1969 – The first manned space mission to land on the Moon, Apollo 11, launches (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1543 – King Henry VIII marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr (More info) 1861 – Wild Bill Hickok gains fame as a gunfighter after he coolly shoots three men in his first shootout (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1925 – A high school science teacher named John T. Scopes, accused of teaching evolution in violation of Tennessee law, is prosecuted in what would come to be known as the Scopes Monkey Trial (More info) 1966 – The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field (More info) Re