The first All Hallows' Evening is celebrated, Nevada becomes a state, Harry Houdini dies, Mount Rushmore is completed, and the Vatican apologizes to Galileo, all on this day.
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Department of Justice
2001: Microsoft and the Justice Department reach a tentative agreement to settle the historic antitrust case against the software giant. Pictured is then-CEO Bill Gates' videotaped testimony in the case.