1859 Self-proclaimed Emperor of the USA, Emperor Norton issues edict abolishing the US Congress.
1901 Theodore Roosevelt renames the "Executive Mansion" as "The White House"
1927 Hermann Goerner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with soles of his feet.
1941 Soviet government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis forces close in on Moscow.
1984 IRA bombs the Grand Hotel, Brighton, where British PM Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die.
2000 American destroyer USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
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