Stephenie Meyer’s vampire novel “Twilight” was published.
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Research into fossil footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico confirmed humans were in the Americas at least 21,000 years ago.
During World War I, as a soldier, Adolf Hitler was injured by a grenade blast.
The American romantic comedy 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' starring Audrey Hepburn, was released in the US.
AT&T was founded by Alexander Graham Bell, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, and Thomas Sanders.
California Governor Jerry Brown passed a bill to legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill persons.