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1822
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Felix Octavius Carr Darley (Pennsylvania-born Illustrator)
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1870
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Adolph O. Eberhart (Swedish-born 17th Governor of Minnesota)
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1937
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Martti Ahtisaari (President of Finland; 2008 Nobel Laureate for Peace)
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1948
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Clarence Thomas (Georgia-born African-American Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court)
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1927
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Bob Fosse (Chicago-born Choreographer, Director)
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2003
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Maynard Jackson (Texas-born African-American Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia)
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1776
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British Commodore Sir Peter Parker Prepares for a Naval Attack on Charleston, South Carolina
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1802
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The Town of Jeffersonville Is Platted by William Henry Harrison, First Governor of the Indiana Territory
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1819
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A Provisional Texas Government Headed by James Long Declares Independence from Spain
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1831
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The State Legislature Authorizes the Massachusetts Horticultural Society to Purchase Land for Rural Mount Auburn Cemetery
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1845
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A Special Session of the Legislature of Texas Votes in Favor of Annexation by the United States
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James A. Berthelot of Tallahassee Is Elected as the First President of the Florida State Senate
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1862
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Robert E. Lee and His Commanders Make Plans for the Seven Days' Battles
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The U.S.S. Pursuit Captures the Confederate Sloop Kate Off the Florida Coast
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1865
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Cherokee Stand Watie Is the Last Confederate General to Surrender His Forces
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1881
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Hawthorne, Florida Is Incorporated
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1892
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The Democratic Convention in Chicago Nominates Former President Grover Cleveland on the First Ballot
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1900
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In California, the First Automobile Enters Yosemite National Park
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1909
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A Ford Model T Arrives in Seattle from New York City Completing the First Transcontinental Automobile Race in 23 Days
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1911
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John Schwister Flies Wisconsin's First Homemade Airplane
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1915
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The Italian Army Attacks Austro-Hungarian Positions Near the Isonzo River in the Eastern Section of the Italian Front
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1927
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North Dakota's Sioux County Pioneer Newspaper Reports President Calvin Coolidge Will be "Adopted" into a Sioux Tribe
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1931
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Wiley Post and Harold Gatty Take Off on an 8-day Flight Around the World
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1933
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The Seattle Art Museum Opens
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1938
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More Than 30,000 People Attend the Opening of Marineland Near St. Augustine, Florida
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1940
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Adolph Hitler Takes a Tour of Paris
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1944
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A Tornado Strikes North Central West Virginia, Killing More Than 100 People
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1947
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U.S. Congress Overrides President Truman's Veto of the Taft-Hartley Act
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1950
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Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 Disappears over Lake Michigan, Flying from New York to Seattle with 58 Passengers and Crew Aboard
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1956
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99.95% of Egyptian Voters Elect Gamal Abdel Nasser as the First President of the Republic of Egypt
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1959
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Klaus Fuchs, a German-born Nuclear Scientist and Soviet Spy, Is Released from a British Prison
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1963
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Over 12,000 People Join Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, in a Civil Rights March through Detroit, Michigan
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1964
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President Johnson Announces General Maxwell Taylor as the New Ambassador to South Vietnam
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1967
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U.S. President Lyndon Johnson Meets Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for a 3-Day Summit
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1969
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Warren E. Burger Is Sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
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1972
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President Nixon Signs the Higher Education Act That Includes Title IX Equality Provision for Women in College Sports
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Hurricane Agnes Hits Florida and Will Kill 25 People
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1973
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Presidential Advisor H.R. Haldeman Tells Richard Nixon to Keep the FBI Out of the Watergate Burglary Investigation
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1983
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Pope John Paul II Holds a Private Meeting with the Founder of Solidarity, Lech Walesa, on a Visit to Poland
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1988
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The Washington State Convention & Trade Center Opens in Seattle
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2000
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The Former Atlanta, Georgia Residence of African-American Entrepreneur Alonzo Herndon Is Designated a National Historic Landmark
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