1799:French Capt. Pierre-François Bouchard discovers the Rosetta Stone, a stone tablet whose three scripts hold the key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, in the Nile River delta during Napoleon Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign. The Rosetta Stone will be successfully translated by Jean-François Champollion in 1822.
1940: Robert Wadlow, the so-called Aton (Illinois) Giant, dies at age 22 in Manistee, Mich. At over 8 ft. 11 in., Wadlow is the tallest man known to have lived.
1997: Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace is shot to death outside his mansion in Miami Beach by Andrew Cunanan. Versace was 50.
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