1821
John Keats, English Romantic poet, died.
1836
Mexican general Santa Anna began the siege of the Alamo.
1896
The Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield.
1898
1898 French novelist Emile Zola was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing the government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
1942
The first Axis shelling of U.S. soil took place near Santa Barbara, Calif.
1945
1997
Scottish scientists announced the successful cloning of a sheep, Dolly.
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