1809 Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in present-day Larue County, Ky.
1915 The cornerstone for the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington, D.C.
1999 The Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
2000 Charles M. Schulz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, died at age 77.
2002 Pakistan charged three men in connection with the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi.
2002 - Baseball owners approved the sale of the Florida Marlins and Montreal Expos.
2004 Defying a California law, San Francisco officials began performing weddings for same-sex couples.
2008 General Motors reported losing $38.7 billion in 2007 and offered buyouts to 74,000 hourly workers.
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