Author A.A. Milne, who would create Winnie-the-Pooh and the Hundred Acre Wood, was born in London.

Author A. A. Milne was born in London, later creating Winnie-the-Pooh, one of the most beloved characters in children's literature.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born at his family's Hyde Park estate in New York, the only child who would grow up to serve an unprecedented four terms as U.S. president.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York, the only child of a wealthy Hudson Valley family who would go on to serve an unprecedented four terms as U.S. president.

Outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back of the head by gang member Robert Ford in St. Joseph, Missouri, ending a violent sixteen-year criminal career.

President Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act, the first U.S. law to ban immigration by a specific ethnic and national group.

Giuseppe Garibaldi, the guerrilla general who united much of Italy, died on the island of Caprera at age 74.

Giuseppe Garibaldi, the guerrilla general who helped unify Italy, died at his home on the island of Caprera at age 74.

Construction began on the crypt of Barcelona's Sagrada Família, the basilica that would consume architect Antoni Gaudí's life and remain unfinished more than a century later.