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Events
- 1602 - The Dutch East India Company is established.
- 1616 - Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years imprisonment.
- 1760 - The "Great Fire" of Boston, Massachusetts destroys 349 buildings.
- 1815 - Napoleon enters Paris after escaping from Elba with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
- 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
- 1861 - An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
- 1916 - Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
- 1924 - Racial Integrity Act of 1924 is passed by the Virginia state legislature.
- 1956 - Tunisia gains independence from France.
- 1969 - The Chicago Seven are indicted by a grand jury.
- 1993 - A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes in Warrington, northwest England, killing two children.
Births
- 1811 - Napoleon II of France, (d. 1832)
- 1870 - Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964)
- 1904 - B. F. Skinner, American psychologist (d. 1990)
- 1957 - Spike Lee, American film director
Deaths
- 1413 - King Henry IV of England (b. 1367)
- 1974 - Chet Huntley, American television journalist (b. 1911)
