- 399 Philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth of the city and for impiety
- 590 Khosrau II, the last great Sasanian king is crowned King of Persia
- 1763 Austria, Prussia & Saxony sign Treaty of Hubertusburg, marking the end of the French and Indian War and of the Seven Years War
- 1986 Ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippine presidential election
- 2001 First draft of the complete human genome is published in the journal "Nature"
- 2003 An estimated 6-11 million people around the world take to the streets to protest against war with Iraq
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On This Day in 1903
Cesar Romero
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Galileo Galilei
John McEnroe
Kim Jong-il
Vera-EllenFamous Weddings
- 1867 Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky (45) weds Anna Snitkina at Trinity Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 1919 Author Maurice Maeterlinck (56) weds actress Renée Dahon in Nice, France
- 1943 Model Bettie Page (19) weds high school sweetheart Billy Neal in Gallatin, Tennessee
- 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully (30) weds model Joan Crawford in California
- 1991 Baseball superstar George Brett (37) weds Leslie Davenport in Manhattan Beach, California
Kevin Smith
Nat King Cole
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