1793: King Louis XVI of France was tried and sentenced to die by the guillotine.
1840: American Charles Wilkes discovered the coast of Antartica.
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1883: The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
1934: Nigeria’s first institution of higher learning, Yaba Higher College is formally opened in Yaba , though it had enrolled students in the preceding years since 1930.
1966: Indira Gandhi became prime minister of India on this day in 1966, assuming the office first held by her father, Jawaharlal Nehru.
1981: The United States and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.
2001: President Clinton of USA admitted he made false statements under oath about Monica Lewinsky.
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