Get On This Day delivered free to your inbox: br br br 1809 – Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, is born. br br br br 2002 – The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins. br br br br 1912 – Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the last emperor of China, is forced to abdicate, ending 2,000 years of imperial rule. br br br br 1994 – Four men steal Edvard Munch's painting The Scream in the National Gallery of Norway. It will be recovered on 7 May 1994.