1769
Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac murdered.
1841
The first detective story, Edgar Allen Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue was published.
1902
Marie and Pierre Curie isolated radium.
1912
The Boston Red Sox played their first game at Fenway Park. They beat the N.Y. Highlanders (who in 1913 would become known as the Yankees) 7-6.
1912
Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, died.
1971
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the practice of busing for racial desegregation.
1999
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. 14 students (including the shooters) and 1 teacher were killed; 23 others were wounded.
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