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EVENTS
1899 - Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
1934 - Alcatraz Island becomes a U.S. federal prison.
2000 - As the world celebrates, no major crisis arises from the dreaded Y2K computer 'millennium bug'.
BIRTHS
1735 - Paul Revere, American silversmith and patriot (d. 1818)
1876 - Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
DEATH
1933 - Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (b. 1876)
EVENTS
1899 - Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
1934 - Alcatraz Island becomes a U.S. federal prison.
2000 - As the world celebrates, no major crisis arises from the dreaded Y2K computer 'millennium bug'.
BIRTHS
1735 - Paul Revere, American silversmith and patriot (d. 1818)
1876 - Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
DEATH
1933 - Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (b. 1876)