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United Nations: World Environment Day
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New Zealand: Arbor Day
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1964
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Rick Riordan (Texas-born Young-Adult Author)
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1923
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Daniel Pinkham (Massachusetts-born Composer)
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1806
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John McDonald (Maine-born Frontiersman; First Permanent Settler in Wright County, Minnesota)
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1750
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John Twiggs (Maryland-born Revolutionary War General; Namesake of Twiggs County, Georgia)
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1856
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Memucan Hunt (North Carolina-born Texas Diplomat, Politician; Namesake of Hunt County, Texas)
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1916
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Horatio Herbert Kitchener (British Secretary of War: Drowned When His Cruiser Hampshire Struck a German Mine Sank)
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2004
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Ronald Reagan (Illinois-born 40th President of the United States)
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1527
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Pope Clement VII Surrenders to Spanish Mercenaries
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1781
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The British Surrender Augusta, Georgia to a Combined Force of Continental Regulars and Georgia and Carolina Militia
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1843
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin's First Masonic Meeting Is Held
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1851
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Begins to Appear in Serial Form in the Washington National Era
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1852
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In Racine, Wisconsin, Mound Cemetery Is Dedicated with 14 Native American Burial Mounds and Monuments to American War Veterans
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1861
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Southern Sources Place a $500 Bounty on Each Member of President Lincoln's Mounted Guard: Dead or Alive
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1862
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Union Troops Find an Empty Fort Pillow
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The Confederate Steamer Havana Is Set Ablaze in Florida's Deadman's Bay to Prevent Capture by the Federal Ship Ezilda
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1864
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Victory at the Battle of Piedmont Opens the Way for Union Occupation of Virginia's Upper Shenandoah Valley
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1873
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German Mennonite Immigrants from Russia Arrive in St. Paul, Minnesota
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1883
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Crescent City, Florida Is Incorporated by the State Legislature
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Wisconsin's William Horlick Patents the World's First Powdered Milk, Horlick's Malted Milk
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1884
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Civil War General, William Tecumseh Sherman, Refuses the Republican Presidential Nomination
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1885
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The African-American Newspaper The Western Appeal Premieres in Minnesota
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1906
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The Kissel Motor Car Company Is Chartered in Wisconsin
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1907
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The Village of Pellston, Michigan Is Incorporated
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1909
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In Washington, the Carnegie-Funded Columbia Branch of the Seattle Public Library Opens
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1915
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In Alaska, the Anchorage Times Publishes Its First Issue
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1916
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Britain's Secretary of War, Lord Kitchener, Drowns When His Cruiser Hampshire Strikes a German Mine and Sinks
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1917
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All American Men Between Ages 21 and 31 Register for Military Service at Their Local Draft Board
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1925
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The Municipal Charter for Cocoa Beach, Florida Is Approved by the State Legislature
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1940
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In Seattle, Washington, the First Automobile Crosses the Lake Washington Floating Bridge
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1941
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In Florida, the Highway 520 Causeway Is Dedicated Linking the City of Cocoa to Merritt Island
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The Ohio Government Implements the State's First Uniform Traffic Code
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1942
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President Franklin Roosevelt Warns Japan to Stop Using Poison Gas in Its War with China
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1944
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The Allies Prepare for D-Day
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The People of Rome Welcome the Victorious Allied Troops
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1947
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Secretary of State George C. Marshall Calls on the U.S. to Assist in the Economic Recovery of Postwar Europe
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1951
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Delaware Establishes a Separate State Supreme Court
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1955
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Martin Luther King Jr. Is Awarded a Doctorate from Boston University
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1956
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The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Is Formed in Response to the State's Ban on the NAACP
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Gary De Young Is the First White Graduate of Traditionally Black Delaware State College
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1960
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Brenda Lee's #1 Hit "I'm Sorry" Is Released
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1961
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Seattle, Washington Residents Protest the Construction of Interstate 5 through the Center of Their City
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1963
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The Florida Supreme Court Rules That Cigarette Manufacturers Can Be Held Liable in the Deaths of Smokers
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1967
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The Six-Day War Begins Between Israel, Egypt, Syria and Jordan
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1968
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Senator Robert Kennedy Is Shot in Los Angeles After Winning the California Presidential Primary
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1975
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Egypt Reopens the Suez Canal After Being Closed for Eight Years to International Shipping
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1986
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A Federal Jury in Baltimore Convicts Ronald W. Pelton of Selling Secrets to the Soviet Union
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1989
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The Polish Labor Party Solidarity Does Well in National Election
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1991
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Space Shuttle Columbia (STS 40) Is Launched on a 9-day Mission Dedicated to Spacelab Life Science Experiments
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1995
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Hurricane Allison Makes Landfall between St. Georges Island and St. Marks on the Florida Panhandle
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