US President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
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Hasbro was founded as Hassenfeld Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island.
Claudius Amyand performed the first recorded appendectomy at St George's Hospital in London.
Adaptation directed by Spike Jonze, starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep, premiered.
Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery.
Spanish conquistadors founded the city of Quito.
