Cornelius Vanderbilt 1898
- 1789 - George Washington took office as first elected U.S. president.
- 1803 - The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.
- 1938 - Happy Rabbit appeared in the cartoon "Porky's Hare Hunt." This rabbit would later evolve into Bugs Bunny.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. They had been married for one day. One week later Germany surrendered unconditionally.
- 1952 - Mr. Potato Head became the first toy to be advertised on network television.
- 1980 - Terrorists seized the Iranian Embassy in London.
- 1993 - CERN put the World Wide Web software in the public domain.
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