41 Roman emperor, Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula (meaning Little Boot—he used to wear military boots as a child), was murdered. 1848 Gold was first discovered in California, in Sutters mill. When President Polk announced the news in December, the gold rush began. 1908 Robert Baden-Powell organized the first Boy Scout troop in England. 1943 The Casablanca Conference with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill concluded. 1965 Winston Churchill died in London at age 90. 1972 Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was discovered in Guam, having spent 28 years hiding in the jungle thinking World War II was still going on. 1986 Voyager Two space probe passes within 51,000 miles of Uranus. 1993 The first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, died. 2003 The Department of Homeland Security, under Tom Ridge, became a cabinet department.
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