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1822 – The Florida Territory was created in the United States.
1856 – The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War.
1981 – President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest outside a Washington, DC hotel by John Hinckley Jr.
The list includes people like James Cagney, Rudolf Steiner, Jaime Escalante, Léon Blum, Dith Pran.