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354 ~ Birthday of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Theologian.

1850 ~ Birthday of Robert Louis Stevenson, Novelist.

1868 ~ Death of Gioacchino Rossini, Composer.

1940 ~ The animated film Fantasia was released.

1956 ~ U.S. Supreme Court declared Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal.

1985 ~ A mudslide triggered by the Nevado del Ruiz volcano buried the city of Armero, Colombia, killing some 23,000 people.

1990 ~ Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first known World Wide Web page.

1998 ~ President Clinton agreed to pay Paula Jones $850,000, ending the four-year legal battle over her sexual harassment lawsuit that spurred impeachment proceedings against him. Clinton did not admit guilt or apologize.

2001 ~ Afghanistan's ruling Taliban abandoned the capital Kabul without a fight, allowing Northern Alliance fighters to take over the city.

2002 ~ Saddam Hussein's government agreed to the return of international weapons inspectors to Iraq.