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1850
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Daniel Carter Beard (Ohio-born Children's Author, Illustrator; a Founder of the Boy Scouts of America)
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1905
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Jean-Paul Sartre (French Existentialist Playwright Awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize for Literature)
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1859
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Henry Ossawa Tanner (Pennsylvania-born African-American Artist)
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1862
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Henry Holden Huss (New Jersey-born Pianist, Composer)
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1859
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Percy Eugene Foreman (Texas-born Trial Lawyer)
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1884
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John Wellborn Martin (24th Governor of Florida)
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1921
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Jane Russell (Minnesota-born Actress)
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1893
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Leland Stanford (New York-born California Business Leader, U.S. Senators, Founder of Stanford University)
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1740
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Spanish Governor Manuel de Montiano Rejects James Oglethorpe's Demand to Surrender the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida
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1754
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In London, the King and Council Approve a New Seal for Georgia to Reflect Its Status as a Royal Colony
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1779
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Spain Declares War on Great Britain
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1781
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Virginia's General Assembly Requests the Governor to Pardon Participants in Claypool's Rebellion
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1788
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New Hampshire Is the 9th and Last State Required to Ratified the U.S. Constitution
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1810
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In Louisville, Kentucky, Zachary Taylor Marries Margaret Smith in Her Sister's Log House
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1845
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Launched at Matagorda, Texas, the Kate Ward Is the First Steamboat to Operate on the Colorado River
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1846
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The First Issue of the Whig Banner Is Published in Palatka, Florida
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1856
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The First Vessel Departs Milwaukee, Wisconsin for Europe
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1865
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President Andrew Johnson Appoints Lewis Parsons Provisional Governor of Alabama
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1887
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The City of Welaka Is Incorporated by the Florida Legislature
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1890
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President Benjamin Harrison Reserves Indian River Park in Sitka, Alaska from the Land Laws
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1910
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Richard Milhous Nixon Marries Pat Ryan
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1916
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Mexican Government Troops Attack General Pershing's U.S. Force at Carrizal, Mexico
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1921
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The Wisconsin Legislature Passes the Nation's First Bill Ensuring That Women Have the Same Legal Rights as Men
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1925
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Socialist and Labor Activist, Eugene Debs, Speaks to a Crowd of 5,000 People at a Minneapolis, Minnesota Rally
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1941
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The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company Dedicates the Nation's First Tree Farm in Grays Harbor County, Washington
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1942
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30,000 Allied Troops Surrender to Nazis in Tobruk, Libya
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1944
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In Wisconsin, Camp Janesville Is Established When 250 German Prisoners of War Arrive to Help Harvest Vegetables
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1945
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Japanese Troops Surrender the Pacific Island of Okinawa to the United States
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1949
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Southern Wisconsin's First Outdoor, Drive-in Movie Opens in Janesville
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1951
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Trap Pond Becomes Delaware's First State Park
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1963
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France Withdraws Its Navy from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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1966
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In Oregon, Interstate 5 Is Opened between Ashland and Yrek
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1973
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The United States Hockey Hall of Fame Opens in Eveleth, Minnesota
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1978
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Four Die in a Belfast Crossfire Between Provisional IRA Bombers and British Security Forces
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1982
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The Florida Senate, Meeting in Special Session, Declines to Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment
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1983
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17" of Rain Fall in Forest City, Minnesota
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1985
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Scientists Announce the Skeletal Remains of Nazi War Criminal Josef Mengele Have Been Exhumed in Brazil
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1993
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The Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-57) Is Launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida for a 9-day Mission
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2000
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President Clinton Posthumously Awards the Congressional Medal of Honor to William Kenzo Nakamura
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2001
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13 Saudis and a Lebanese Are Convicted for a 1996 Bombing That Killed 19 American Servicemen in Saudi Arabia
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