1993: Norodom SihanoukNorodom Sihanouk was crowned king of Cambodia for the second time. 1991: NirvanaAmerican alternative rock group Nirvana released their breakthrough album Nevermind, which helped make grunge an international phenomenon and gave voice to Generation X. 1968: Don S. HewittThe prime-time American television news show 60 Minutes debuted; created by Don S. Hewitt and featuring such reporters as Mike Wallace, it became one of the most successful programs in broadcast history. 1960: USS Enterprise, commissioned in 1961, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy.The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, was launched by the United States. 1938: Don BudgeDon Budge won the U.S. Open, becoming the first player to win a grand slam title in tennis. 1934: Babe Ruth.Babe Ruth played in his last baseball game for the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. 1896: F. Scott FitzgeraldAmerican short-story writer and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald--famous for his depictions of the Jazz Age, his most brilliant novel being The Great Gatsby (1925)--was born. 1877: Saigo Takamori, statue in TokyoSaigo Takamori, a hero of the Meiji Restoration, was killed after reluctantly leading a rebellion against the Meiji government. 1869: Jay GouldPlummeting gold prices led to a panic known as Black Friday, when U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, after learning of an attempt by Jay Gould and James Fisk to drive up the gold market, ordered $4 million of government gold to be sold on the market. 1755: John Marshall.�John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the United States and principal founder of the U.S. system of constitutional law, including the doctrine of judicial review, was born.
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