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1897: Pilot and author Amelia Earhart born. She will set many records, write best-selling books about her flying experiences, and be instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
1901: O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
1902: Omar Khayyam publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1974: Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

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+File:Amelia Earhart standing under nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electral.jpg|link=Amelia Earhart (nonfiction)|1897: Pilot and author [[Amelia Earhart (nonfiction)|Amelia Earhart]] born. She will set many records, write best-selling books about her flying experiences, and be instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
 File:William Sydney Porter.jpg|link=O. Henry (nonfiction)|1901: [[O. Henry (nonfiction)|O. Henry]] is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.