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On this day in 1820, a plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed. The Cato Street Conspiracy.
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On this day in 1836, the Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
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On this day in 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
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On this day in 1896, the Tootsie Roll is invented.
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On this day in 1898, writer Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
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On this day in 1903, Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
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On this day in 1918, the last monarch of Mecklenburg-Strelitz commits suicide.
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On this day in 1927, German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
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On this day in 1941, Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
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On this day in 1954, the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
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On this day in 1987, Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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On this day in 1997, a small fire occurs in the Russian space station, Mir.
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It was on this day in 1999 that yer old pal Jerky took over writing duties on The Daily Dirt from the previous author, Pig McBaker, after Pig decided to pursue career opportunities in Angola, where he worked alongside Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, leader of the Angolan rebel group UNITA. Unfortunately, Savimbi was killed by the Angolan army a while back, and yer old pal Jerky hasn't heard from Pig ever since. Hey, Pig! If you're reading this, drop us a line and let us know you're still out there!
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