The first wagon train arrived in California after having left Independence, Missouri, in May 1841.
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Barack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.
Mozart's Symphony No.36 premiered in Linz, Austria.
462 non-violent inmates were released from Oklahoma prisons in the largest commutation in American history.
The Japanese Prime Minister, Hara Takashi, was assassinated in Tokyo.
Canadian country singer Shania Twain released her third album, 'Come On Over.'
