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1849 English-born Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive a medical degree, from the Medical Institution of Geneva, N.Y.
1907 Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American U.S. senator
1930 Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto
1968 North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship the USS Pueblo, charging it had intruded into the communist nation's territorial waters on a spying mission. The crew was held for 11 months.
1973, President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War
1977 The TV mini-series "Roots," based on the Alex Haley novel, began airing on ABC.
1991 World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait
2005 Former "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson died at age 79.
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