US forces circled the city of Baghdad, which led to the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime two days later.
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Booker T. Washington became the first Black person pictured on a US postage stamp.
The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.
The United Nations formed the World Health Organization (WHO).
Englishman John Walker invented modern-day wooden matches that create a flame through friction.
Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted, devastating Naples in the process.
