Today is the 92nd day of the year, with only 273 days remaining until the new year.
1755 - Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on the west coast of India.
1792 - The Coinage Act is passed, establishing the United States Mint.
1800 - Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna, Austria.
1863 - Known as the Richmond Bread Riot, food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to demand the Confederate government release emergency supplies.
1865 - The Siege of Petersburg is broken, when Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.
1865 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond.
1885 - Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories, Canada, killing nine people.
1902 - Electric Theatre, the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
1917 - President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
1972 - Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the 1950s.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
1992 - In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
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