The Grand Canyon becomes a national park, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album hits No. 1, a truck bomb explodes under the World Trade Center, and teenager Trayvon Martin is shot and killed, all on this day.
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1616: The Spanish Inquisition delivers an injunction to Galileo forbidding him from holding, teaching or defending Copernican theory.
Before heading out to see Brad Pitt's latest film, the zombie action thriller "World War Z," join us for a look back at the three-time Oscar nominee's career so far.