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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1927 – Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union (More info) 1954 – Ellis Island, the gateway to America, shuts it doors after processing more than 12 million immigrants since opening in 1892 (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia (More info) 1916 – Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to the United States Congress (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States (More info) 1913 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1872 – In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time and is later fined $100 (More info) 1895 – George B. Selden is granted the first US patent for a gas-powered automobile (More info)

So you think you had a rough day at the office?  Think about the pilot and crew of the Boeing 767 making a landing in Warsaw Poland.   Once you watch the video, you might rethink how bad your day was.

Danica May Camacho was born in Manila, Philippines just before midnight on Sunday, weighing five-and-a-half pounds. But a much larger number will always be associated with the baby girl, as the UN has declared her the world’s seven billionth person.

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1534 – The English parliament passes the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church (More info) 1922 – Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1929 – The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of ’29 or “Black Tuesday,” ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 42 BC – Marcus Junius Brutus, a leading conspirator in the assassination of Julius Caesar, commits suicide after his defeat at the second battle of Philippi (More info) 1850 – The first National Women’s Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1934 – Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd is shot by FBI agents in a cornfield in East Liverpool, Ohio (More info) 1957 – The United States suffers its first casualties in Vietnam (More info)

In a White House briefing held Friday, President Obama announced the remaining American troops in Iraq will be home by the end of the year, closing a war effort there that has killed more than 4,400 US servicepeople and wounded 32,000 more since 2003. “After nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over,” the president said.

Brad Paisley has a few ideas of what should become of recently killed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The active tweeter posted two thoughts on the topic, and indicated the dictator would not be in his thoughts and prayers moving forward.