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1564 The artist Michelangelo died in Rome
1861 Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Ala.
1885 "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain was published.
1930 Photographic evidence of Pluto was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz. Originally classified as a planet, the icy rock was downgraded to "dwarf planet" in 2006.
1970 Five of the Chicago Seven defendants were found guilty of intent to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic national convention. The convictions were later overturned.
1972 The California Supreme Court struck down the state's death penalty.
1979 Snow falls in Sahara Desert
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