1790: First United States Census 1876: 'Wild Bill' Hickok killed in Deadwood 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, rear left, inquires players of the Chicago White Sox, during the investigation of the infamous “Black Sox” scandal in Chicago, Ill., in 1921. Charles “Swede” Risberg, rear center, and Arnold “Chick” Gandil, next to Risberg, are two out of seven players who conspired to intentionally losing the World Series in return for bribes from professional gamblers. The incident rocked baseball and caused the introduction of Judge Landis as a baseball commissioner.
In 1873, inventor Andrew S. Hallidie successfully tested a cable car he had designed for the city of San Francisco. In 1934, German President Paul von Hindenburg died, paving the way for Adolf Hitler’s complete takeover.
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