"The Raven" is first published, baseball and football induct their first hall of fame classes, the Gulf War fighting takes to the ground, and President George W. Bush coins the phrase "Axis of Evil," all on this day.
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1880: Comedian and actor W. C. Fields, known for his comic persona as a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, is born William Claude Dukenfield in Darby, Pa.