Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai became the first African female to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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American Army Corporal Alvin York and seven men attacked a major German gun nest on their own during World War I.
The Franklin National Bank closed due to fraud, the largest US bank to fail at the time.
Northern California's wine country was devastated by sweeping wildfires.
Isabella of Angoulême was crowned Queen consort of England at Westminster Abbey, London.
Inventor Percy L. Spencer patented the Microwave Oven.
