In A.D. 68, Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide, ending a 13-year reign.
In 1870, author Charles Dickens died in Gad’s Hill Place, England.
In 1911, Carrie (sometimes spelled “Carry”) A. Nation, the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader, died in Leavenworth, Kansas, at age 64.
In 1934, the first Walt Disney animated cartoon featuring Donald Duck, “The Wise Little Hen,” was released.
In 1943, the federal government began withholding income tax from paychecks.
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In 1946, Bhumibol Adulyadej became king of Thailand at age 18, beginning a reign that continues to this day.
In 1953, 94 people died when a tornado struck Worcester, Massachusetts.
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