1600: Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake by the Inquisition for saying that the universe is infinite and contains multiple worlds.
1801: After a tie in the electoral vote, the U.S. House of Representatives chooses Thomas Jefferson as the third U.S. president over Aaron Burr.
1933: In Chic Young's popular comic strip, Blondie Boopadoop marries millionaire playboy Dagwood Bumstead, whose father then desinherits him.
1933: The first issue of Newsweek magazine is published.
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