Selman Waksman, who is credited with developing streptomycin, was born on this day in 1888.

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John Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution on this day in 1925.

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The First Special Olympics began on this day in 1868.

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The Seneca Falls Convention convened in New York on this day in 1848.

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The Great Fire of Rome began on this day in the year 64.

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The Romanov family was executed on this day in 1918.

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Journalist and anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells-Barnett was born on this day in 1862.

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After roughly four centuries, the Spanish Inquisition was disbanded on this day in 1834.

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Gertrude Bell, who helped shape modern Iraq, was born on this day in 1868.

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The New York Draft Riots began on this day in 1863.

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