1187 - Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
1881 - Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States following the assassination of James Garfield.
1891 - The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1942 - Holocaust in Letychiv, Ukraine. In the course of two days the German SS murders at least 3,000 jews.
1962 - James Meredith, an African-American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
2001 - In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror" following the recent attacks September 11 attacks.
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