The USS Maine explodes mysteriously in Havana Harbor, the teddy bear is born, President Franklin D. Roosevelt survives an assassination attempt, and Jeffrey Dahmer is found guilty, all on this day.
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1954: Cartoonist Matt Groening, the creator of "The Simpsons" and "Futurama," is born in Portland, Ore.