Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address, Ford discontinues the Edsel, Rocky and Bullwinkle make their debut, Milli Vanilli lose their Grammy, and the first Wii goes on sale, all on this day.
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2003: Eight competing designs for a memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center are unveiled. The "Reflecting Absence" design seen here would be selected in January 2004 as the winning design. The memorial features two pools with waterfalls cascading down their sides located within the footprints of the Twin Towers.