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1602 - The Bodleian Library at Oxford University was opened to the public for the first time.
1789 - The distillation of bourbon whisky was started by Elijah Craig in Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
1793 - The Louvre museum in Paris, France, was opend to the public by the Revolutionary government.
1864 - Abraham Lincoln was re-elected American President.
1923 - Hitler's first attempt to seize power began at a beer hall in Munich.
1954 - The Highway Code was introduced.
1998 - Cabinet minister Nick Brown admitted he was gay. He was forced to come out after a friend tried to sell the story to the tabloids.
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