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| 1702 | England's Queen Anne ascended the throne upon the death of King William III. |
| 1782 | The Gnadenhutten massacre took place as some 90 Indians were slain by militiamen in Ohio in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians. |
| 1841 | Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was born in Boston. |
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| 1874 | Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States, died in Buffalo, N.Y., at age 74. |
| 1917 | The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule. |
| 1930 | William Howard Taft, the 27th president and a former chief justice of the United States, died in Washington, D.C., at age 72. |
| 1965 | The United States landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam.
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| 1999 | Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died at age 84. |
| 1999 | The Clinton administration directed the firing of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee from his job at the Los Alamos National Laboratory because of alleged security violations. |
| 2005 | Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov was killed in northern Chechnya during a raid by Russian forces. |
| 2008 | President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive interrogation methods to gain information from suspected terrorists. |
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Highlights of This Day in History |
| Today's Birthdays: |
| Actor Aidan Quinn turns 51 years old today. |
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| Name | Profession | Age |
| Jim Bouton | Baseball player, author | 71 |
| Lynn Redgrave | Actress | 67 |
| Micky Dolenz | Rock musician, actor (The Monkees) | 65 |
| George Allen | Former U.S. senator, R-Va. | 58 |
| Jim Rice | Baseball Hall of Famer | 57 |
| Gary Numan | Rock singer | 52 |
| Lester Holt | News anchor ("Today") | 51 |
| Jason Elam | Football player | 40 |
| Freddie Prinze Jr. | Actor | 34 |
| Hines Ward | Football player | 34 |
| James Van Der Beek | Actor ("Dawson's Creek") | 33 |
| Actress Camryn Manheim ("Ghost Whisperer," "The Practice") turns 49 years old today. |
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