US President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
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Spanish conquistadors founded the city of Quito.
Starbucks opened its largest cafe in the world in Shanghai, at 29,000 square-feet, which is 1/2 the size of a football field.
Finland declared its independence from the Russian Empire.
Claudius Amyand performed the first recorded appendectomy at St George's Hospital in London.
The Altamont free concert occurred.