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1895
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Elizabeth Kee (Virginia-born First Woman Elected to Serve in the U.S. Congress from West Virginia)
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1958
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Prince (Minnesota-born African-American Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
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1862
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William B. Mumford (Executed for Tearing Down a United States Flag from the Mint in New Orleans)
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1866
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Chief Seattle (Namesake of Seattle, Washington)
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1893
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Edwin Booth (Maryland-born Actor; Brother of John Wilkes Booth)
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1899
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William Stephen Walker (Pennsylvania-born Confederate General)
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1970
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E. M. Forster (English Novelist)
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1979
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Asa Earl Carter (Alabama-born Segregationist, Politician, Speechwriter, Novelist)
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1494
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Spain and Portugal Sign the Treaty of Tordesillas Granting Spain Rights to Colonize the "New World"
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1776
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Richard Henry Lee of Virginia Proposes to the Continental Congress a Resolution Calling for a Declaration of Independence
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1820
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10 Commissioners Appointed to Select a Site for Indiana's State Capital Choose the Junction of Fall Creek and White River
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1837
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In Florida, 700 Seminoles Return to the Everglades to Evade U.S. Army Efforts to Transport Seminoles to Oklahoma
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1842
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The Republic of Texas Grants 3M Acres for Development of German, Dutch, Swiss, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian Colonies
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1860
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Michigan Republicans Nominate Austin Blair for Governor
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1862
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William B. Mumford Is Executed for Tearing Down a United States Flag from the Mint in New Orleans
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James Andrews, Leader of Andrews' Raiders of "The Great Locomotive Chase" Fame Is Hanged in Atlanta, Georgia as a Spy
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1863
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Confederate Troops Fail in Attempt to Rescue Vicksburg, Mississippi
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1864
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At Its Convention in Baltimore, Maryland the Republican Party Nominates Abraham Lincoln for a Second Term as President
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1870
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Russellville, Arkansas Is Incorporated
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1873
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North Florida African-American Mill Workers Strike for 10-hour Day and Payment of $1.50 Per Day
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1876
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In Texas, Construction Begins on San Antonio's Fort Sam Houston
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1890
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San Diego, California's First Cable Car Begins Operation
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1892
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In Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Republican National Convention Renominates Benjamin Harrison for President
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30-year-old African-American Shoemaker Homer Plessy Is Jailed for Sitting in the "White" Car of the East Louisiana Railroad
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1902
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Near the Duluth, Minnesota Harbor, the Steamer Hadley Rams and Sinks the Freighter Thomas Wilson, Drowning 9 Crewmembers
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1913
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Port St. Joe, Florida Is Incorporated by the State Legislature
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1916
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The Columbia River Highway Is Opened
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1917
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The British 2nd Army Crushes the Germans at Messines Ridge in Northern France
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1926
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The First Air Mail Service Arrives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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1929
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Chiefland, Florida Is Incorporated by the State Legislature
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1938
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In Washington, the Boeing Model 314 "Flying Boat" Is First Flown
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1941
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Over 600 Delegates from 38 States Attend a Ku Klux Klan Convention in Atlanta, Georgia
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1942
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Battle of Midway Ends
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Japanese Land Troops on the Alaskan Islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians
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American Merchant Vessel SS Coast Trader Is Torpedoed and Sunk by a Japanese Submarine Off the Coast of Washington
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1948
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Democratically-Elected Czech President, Eduard Benes, Resigns Rather Than Sign a New Communist State Constitution
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1965
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General Westmoreland Requests 35 Battalions of Combat Troops with Another Nine in Reserve
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1966
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Ronald Reagan Is Elected Governor of California
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1981
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Israeli Planes Destroyed an Iraqi Nuclear Power Plant Charged the Plant Could Be Used to Make Nuclear Weapons
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1987
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August Wilson's Play Fences Receives Four Tony Awards, Including for Best Play
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1999
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A 50-year Salmon Recovery Plan Is Signed into Law
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2006
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In Ohio, the Newark Earthworks Are Designated a State Monument
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