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Replica of Tom Thumb
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Replica of Tom Thumb
- 475 β Orestes took control of Ravenna, the capital of the Western Roman Empire, forcing Emperor Julius Nepos to flee.
- 1830 β Tom Thumb (replica pictured), the first American-built steam locomotive, took part in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.
- 1950 β American tennis player Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.
- 1955 β African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.
- 1973 β Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; the hostages had bonded with their captors during the incident, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.
- Augustine of Hippo (d. 430)
- Prince William of Gloucester (d. 1972)
- Valtteri Bottas (b. 1989)
- Ons Jabeur (b. 1994)
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