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1835
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Rebecca Latimer Felton (Georgia-born First Woman to Serve in the U.S. Senate: 1922)
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1922
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Judy Garland (Minnesota-born Singer, Actress Who Played Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz
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1821
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Moses Austin (Connecticut-born Pioneer; First Man Permitted to Bring Anglo-American Colonists into Spanish Texas)
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Victoria Woodhull (Ohio-born Women's Suffragist, Rights Advocate; First Woman to Run for President of the United States) |
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1973
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William Inge (Kansas-born Playwright: 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Picnic)
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2000
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Hafez Assad (President of Syria)
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1610
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Baron de la Warr, Arrives in Jamestown to Begin His Term as Virginia Governor as Survivors Prepare to Abandon the Settlement
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1775
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John Adams Proposes Organizing Patriot Militias into a Continental Army
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1801
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The North African State of Tripoli Declares War on the United States
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1816
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In Corydon, 43 Delegates from the Existing 13 Counties Convene Indiana's First State Constitutional Convention
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1832
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Anglo-Texans and Mexican Troops Clash for the First Time
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1837
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Workmen Arrive in Madison, Wisconsin to Begin Construction of the First State Capitol Building
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1862
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President Lincoln Transmits to Congress a Treaty with England for Suppression of African Slave Trade
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1863
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In Florida, the U.S.S. Fort Henry Captures 250 Bushels of Corn Belonging to Confederate Senator David levy Yulee
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1864
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In Mississippi, Confederate Cavalry Routs a Much Larger Union Force at Brice's Crossroads
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The United States' Steamer Union Captures the Confederate Sloop Caroline off Florida's Jupiter Inlet
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1883
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In Alaska, Frederick Schwatka Begins His Exploration of the Yukon River
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1884
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In Arkansas, the Methodist Church Buys Central Collegiate Institute of Altus, Renaming it Hendrix College and Moving It to Conway
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1898
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U.S. Marines Land at Cuba's Guantánamo Bay
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1902
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The First Passenger Train Arrives in Faribault, Minnesota
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1906
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The Mother Church of Christian Science Is Dedicated in Boston, Massachusetts
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1914
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Georgia's First African-American Pharmacist, Dr. Moses Amos, Opens the Gate City Drug Store in Atlanta
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1915
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The Girl Scouts of America Is Incorporated in Washington, D.C.
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1917
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Italian Troops Attack Austro-Hungarian Positions in the North Italian Mountains of the Trentino Region
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1919
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Vero Beach Is Incorporated by the Florida Legislature
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Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin Are the First 3 States to Ratify the 19th Amendment Giving Women the Right to Vote
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1921
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The Town of River Junction (now Chattahoochee) Is Incorporated by the Florida Legislature
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1931
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In Washington, the Tacoma City Council Passes Ordinance No. 10690 Prohibiting Dance Marathons
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1935
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Alcoholics Anonymous Is Founded in New York City
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1940
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Italy Declares War on France and Great Britain
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Norway Surrenders to the Nazis
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108 Boys Participate in the First Annual Lone Star Boys' State Program
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1942
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Germany's Gestapo Massacres 173 Male Residents of Lidice, Czechoslovakia in Retaliation for Killing a Nazi Official
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The Naval Cruiser U.S.S. Santa Fe Is Launched from Camden, New Jersey
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1946
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Italy Replaces Its Abolished Monarchy with a Republic
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1953
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President Eisenhower Rejects Calls for U.S. "Isolationism"
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1954
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San Francisco Public Television Station KQED Begins Broadcasting
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1963
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Governor Farris Bryant Signs a Bill Creating Florida Technological University (University of Central Florida) in Orlando
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1967
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The Six-Day War Ends as Israel and Syria Agree to a United Nations-Mediated Cease-Fire
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1968
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U.S. Commanding General William Westmoreland Gives Farewell Press Conference in Saigon
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1999
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In Bellingham, Washington, a 16" Pipeline Ruptures Spilling 277,200 Gallons of Gasoline, Which Explodes Killing Three Children
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2010
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Flash Flood Sweeps Away More Than 30 Victims from Albert Pike Campground in Arkansas' Ouachita National Forest
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