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1793 France's King Louis XVI, condemned for treason, was executed on the guillotine.
1827 Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing
1861 Five Southerners resigned from the U.S. Senate, including Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, the future president of the Confederacy.
1954 The first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched at Groton, Conn.
1976 The supersonic Concorde jet was put into service by Britain and France.
1977 President Carter pardons draft dodgers from Viet Nam War era
1997 Speaker Newt Gingrich was fined as the House voted for first time in history to discipline its leader for ethical misconduct.
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