1896: Dow Jones index begins with an average of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)
1908: At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made, rights acquired by the United Kingdom
1927: Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produce the last (and 15th million) Model T Ford / Tin Lizzie
1948: South Africa elects a nationalist government under D. F. Malan with an apartheid policy
2004: The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
Source: Onthisday.com
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