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2004 First Afghan presidential elections On this day in 2004, for the first time in Afghanistan's history, voters went to the polls to choose a president, selecting Hamid Karzai, who had served as the interim president after the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. Morenatti—AP/REX/Shutterstock.com

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Charles X king of France bornOctober 9, 1757Versailles, FrancediedNovember 6, 1836 (aged 79)Gorizia, ItalyGianni Dagli Orti/Shutterstock.com 1969 Steve McQueen British director, screenwriter, and artist 1969 PJ Harvey British singer-songwriter and guitarist 1966 David Cameron prime minister of United Kingdom 1948 Jackson Browne American musician 1940 John Lennon British musician See All Biographies On This Day

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2024 Ratan Tata, a former chairman of Tata Group who was widely admired for his personal ethics and philanthropic activities, died in Mumbai.© Miguel Villagran/Getty Images 2012 A Taliban gunman shot 15-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, a vocal opponent of the ultraconservative group's prohibition on the education of girls. Despite being struck in the head, she survived the assassination attempt, and she went on to win a Nobel Prize in 2014. Read about six teenagers, including Malala Yousafzai, who made history© JStone/Shutterstock.com 2001 The United Service Organizations (USO) appointed entertainer Wayne Newton as its official celebrity front man, replacing Bob Hope, who had served in that capacity since the early 1950s.Cpl. Alex Klein—Army/U.S. Department of Defense 1997 Italian playwright Dario Fo was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Test your knowledge of Nobel laureates in literatureWENN US/Alamy 1990 David Souter took his seat as a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice. Why are there nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court?© Orhan Çam/stock.adobe.com 1982 Anna Freud, psychoanalyst, author, and daughter of Sigmund Freud, died in London.Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte, Berlin 1936 The Boulder Dam (later called Hoover Dam), on the Arizona-Nevada border, began generating electricity for such areas as Los Angeles, which celebrated with a parade. Watch an overview of Hoover Dam and Lake MeadU.S. Bureau of Reclamation 1888 Built between 1848 and 1884 and dedicated in 1885, the Washington Monument—a marble-faced granite obelisk that honours the first U.S. president, George Washington—opened to the public in Washington, D.C. Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about U.S. presidents© MedioImages/Getty Images 1635 Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony, and, as a result, he later founded the colony of Rhode Island. Test your knowledge of early AmericaThe Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library (424056) 1514 Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII of England, became the third wife of King Louis XII of France. Take our quiz about kings and emperors SIGN UP FOR History's Biggest Headlines Discover the fascinating events that shaped the world, straight from our editors. SIGN UP Thanks for signing up for Today in History. Your first newsletter will arrive soon! SIGN UP By clicking "Sign Up" you are agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.