Events:
1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th President of the United States
1861 Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.1869 The first college football game is played between Rutgers and Princeton.1913 Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in South Africa while leading a march of Indian miners. Famous Birthdays:1494 Suleiman the Magnificent (Caliph of the Islamic Empire)
1854 John Philip Sousa (wrote Stars and Stripes Forever)1861 James Naismith (Inventor of basketball)1946 Sally Field (Actress)1948 Glenn Frey (Singer with the Eagles)1955 Maria Shriver (Journalist)1970 Ethan Hawke (Actor)1972 Rebecca Romijn (Actress - X-Men)1976 Pat Tillman (NFL player and Army Ranger)1988 Emma Stone (Actress)Archive:
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