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1937 The hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey; 35 of the 97 people on board were killed, including Emilie Imhof, the the first Zeppelin stewardess. Among the survivors was journalist Gertrud Adelt.

Crime

2013 Three women are rescued from a Cleveland, Ohio, house where they had been imprisoned for many years by their abductor, 52-year-old Ariel Castro, an unemployed bus driver.The women—Michelle Knight, Amada Berry and Gina DeJesus—went missing separately between 2002 and 2004, when they were 21, 16 and 14 years old, respectively. Also rescued from the house was a 6-year-old girl born to Berry while she was being held captive and fathered by Castro.

Politics

1994 Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed suit against President Bill Clinton, alleging he’d sexually harassed her in 1991. (Jones reached a settlement with Clinton in November 1998.)

Science

1889 The Paris Exposition formally opened, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower. Mathematician Sophie Germain's work on the theory of elasticity was used in the construction, yet she was not acknowledged among the 72 French scientists, engineers, and mathematicians - all men - whose names are engraved on the tower in recognition of their contributions.