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• 1796

  First elephant in US arrives from India. View Post →

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• 1954

  Robert Oppenheimer accused of communism.

• 1966

  Pan Am orders 25 Boeing 747s for $525 million.

• 1970

  Apollo 13 oxygen tank explodes, crew reports 'Houston, we've had a problem'.

• 1997

  Hartford Whalers play their last NHL game.

• 1997

  Tiger Woods youngest to win the Masters Tournament.

• 1743

  Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the US, born.

• 1870

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art founded in NYC.

• 2022

  448 killed in flooding, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, one of worst storms.

• 1997

  Tiger Woods becomes youngest to win Masters Tournament again.