1901 - Leon Czolgosz, U.S. President William McKinley's assassin, is executed by electrocution.
1921 - Harvard University's football team ends their 25 game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
1929 - The New York Stock Exchange crashes (Black Tuesday), beginning the Great Depression.
1960 - Muhammad Ali wins his first professional fight in Louisville, Kentucky.
1971 - In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman (of the Allman Brothers) is killed in a motorcycle accident.
2013 - I have a HUGE lecture exam this morning covering the Immune and Respiratory Systems. I should be studying right now. Wish me luck!!
(All according to Wikipedia...well, except that last fun fact. I came up with that one all by myself.)
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