1. 1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the island of Elba
2. 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln signs the National Currency Act
3. 1870 - The first pneumatic-powered subway line is opened to the public in New York
4. 1916 - Charlie Chaplin is signed to a film contract
5. 1919 - Grand Canyon National Park is established
6. 1930 - New York City installs traffic lights
7. 1932 - Johnny Cash is born
8. 1952 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that Britain had developed an atomic bomb
9. 1993 - A bomb explodes at the World Trade Center in New York, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000
10. 2002 - Alanis Morissette's third album Under Rug Swept is released
11. 2011 - The United States’ space shuttle Discovery docked at the International Space Station for the last time
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