1780 Ranjit Singh (born), Indian founder of the Sikh Empire (died 1839)
1841 James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
1850 Robert Louis Stevenson (born), Scottish author and poet (died 1894)
1887 Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
1901 The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
1927 The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
1941 The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day.
1942 U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
1947 The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47 one of the first assault rifles.
1956 The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1969 Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
1974 Karen Silkwood (died), American activist (born 1946)
1982 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
2001 US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals to try foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
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