US President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
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Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery.
A first edition of 'The Birds of America' by John James Audubon was auctioned at Sotheby's, London, England, for £7,321,250 ($10 million) – which took the record for any book at auction.
Finland declared its independence from the Russian Empire.
Scientists discovered the most distant supermassive black hole.
Adaptation directed by Spike Jonze, starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep, premiered.
