Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai became the first African female to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Wisconsin was struck by the deadliest wildfire in US history.
American Army Corporal Alvin York and seven men attacked a major German gun nest on their own during World War I.
The first Laurel and Hardy movie, 'The Second Hundred Years,' was released in the United States.
The Franklin National Bank closed due to fraud, the largest US bank to fail at the time.
The Treaty of Ried was signed between Bavaria and Austria.
