1703 ~ Death of Samuel Pepys, English civil servant, famous for his diary.

1799 ~ Birthday of Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian author.

1896 ~ The first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average published

1897 ~ Bram Stoker's novel Dracula went on sale in London.

1907 ~ Birthday of Rachel Carson, Environmental writer.

1908 ~ The first commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjid-al-Salaman in southwest Iran (Persia).

1928 ~ Birthday of Jack Kevorkian, Physician.

1940 ~ The evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II.

1951 ~ Birthday of Sally Ride, Astronaut.

2002 ~ The Mars Odyssey found signs of huge water ice deposits on Mars.

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