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1893
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Cole Porter (Indiana-born Composer)
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1938
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Charles Wuorinen (New York-born Composer)
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1915
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Les Paul (Wisconsin-born Guitarist; Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
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1934
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Jackie Mason (Wisconsin-born Comedian. Humorist)
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Jackie Wilson (Detroit-born African-American Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
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1961
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Michael J. Fox (Canadian Actor)
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1996
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Mildred Day (Inventor of Rice Krispie Treats)
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1772
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Colonists Board the British Customs Vessel Gaspee Off the Coast of Rhode Island and Set It Aflame
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1806
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Georgia Governor John Milledge Calls for a Special Session of the Legislature to Dispense Lands Ceded by Creek Indians
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1825
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Georgia Governor George Troup Signs Legislation Creating Five Counties: Lee, Muscogee, Troup, Coweta and Carroll
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1840
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In London, England, Franz Liszt Gives the World's First "Piano Recital"
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1851
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Prominent Community Leaders Form San Francisco's First Vigilante Committee
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1862
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President Lincoln Telegraphs His Generals Maneuvers for Virginia's Shenandoah Valley
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1863
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The Largest Cavalry Battle of the American Civil War Is Fought at Brandy Station, Virginia
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1864
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U.S.S. Proteus Captures the British Schooner R.S. Hood Off the Florida Coast
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1865
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In Florida, African-American Missionary, Reverend William G. Steward, Begins Organizing Churches for Newly Liberated Freedmen
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1870
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The Cornerstone Is Laid for Temple B'nai Israel at Galveston, Texas
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1881
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The U.S. Federal Government Takes Control of Michigan's Soo Locks
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1891
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Clermont, Florida Is Incorporated
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1894
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A Water-Well Contractor Accidentally Discovers the Corsicana Oilfield, the First in Texas to Produce Significant Quantities of Oil and Gas
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1915
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U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan Resigns in Disagreement with President Wilson's Handling of the German Sinking of the Lusitania
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1925
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Women Picket a West Virginia Coal Mine to Protest a New Agreement with United Mine Workers of America
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1927
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Texas Poets Vaida Stewart and Whitney M. Montgomery Wed
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1943
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The "Tuskegee Airmen" Battle German Fighter Planes over North Africa
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1944
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Russia Invades Finland's Karelian Isthmus
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1947
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In Wrangall, Alaska, the Farwest Fisheries Company Cannery Is Destroyed in a $150,000 Fire
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1953
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Worcester County, Massachusetts Is Devastated by a Tornado with 300 mph Winds That Kills 94 People, Injures 1,288 and Leaves 15,000 Homeless
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Male Teachers in Janesville, Wisconsin Receive $300 More Annually Than Women for Extra Hours Officiating Extra-Curricular Sports
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1954
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Joseph Welch, Special Counsel for the U.S. Army, Exposes the Shameless Recklessness of McCarthyism
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1964
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CIA Report Challenges the Johnson Administration's "Domino Theory" in Southeast Asia
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1966
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Hurricane Alma Strikes Northwest Florida, Causing $10 Million in Damage and 6 Deaths
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1968
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Leonard Bernstein Conducts the New York Philharmonic in a Memorial Concert for Robert Kennedy at St. Patrick's Cathedral
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1970
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King Hussein of Jordan Escapes an Assassination Attempt as His Motorcade Drives Near His Summer Palace
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1976
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Democratic Presidential Hopefuls George Wallace, Henry Jackson and Richard Daley Release Their Delegates to Support Jimmy Carter
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1979
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Minnesota Governor Albert Quie Calls Out the National Guard to Protect Striking Truck Drivers
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1983
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Margaret Thatcher Leads Britain's Conservative Party to a Landslide Second Term Election Victory
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