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1716 ~ Death of Gottfried Leibniz, Philosopher & Mathematician.

1719 ~ Birthday of Leopold Mozart, Austrian musician, father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

1832 ~ Death of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Declaration of Independence signer.

1840 ~ Birthday of Claude Monet, French impressionist painter.

1851 ~ Herman Melville's novel “Moby-Dick” was first published in the U.S.

1900 ~ Birthday of Aaron Copland, Composer.

1922 ~ The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began radio service in the UK.

1972 ~ The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 1,000 for the first time.

1991 ~ Indictments handed down against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.

2001 ~ Northern Alliance fighters entered Kabul.