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Events (200 years ago today): 1824 – United States presidential election: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[7]
Events (100 years ago today): 1924 – The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, plays their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.[12]
Events (100 years ago today): 1924 - A Soviet-backed communist 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt fails in Estonia.[13]
Events (50 years ago today): 1974 – TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
Events (50 years ago today): 1974 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Births (1400 years ago today): 624 – Hasan ibn Ali, the second Shia Imam (d. 670)[39][40]
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Masao Horiba, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba (d. 2015)
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Costinha, Portuguese footballer and manager
Deaths (650 years ago today): 1374 – Magnus Eriksson, king of Sweden (b. 1316)
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