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1918
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George Rochberg (New Jersey-born Composer)
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1926
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Kenneth Gaburo (New Jersey-born Composer)
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1888
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Herbert Gasser (Wisconsin-born Medical Researcher; 1944 Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine)
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1885
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Mauney D. Collins (Georgia State Superintendent for Education)
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1801
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David Farragut (Tennessee-born Civil War Admiral)
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1902
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Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (Massachusetts-born Diplomat, U.S. Senator: 1937-44, 1947-52)
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1911
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Georges Pompidou (French Premier: 1962-8, President: 1969-74)
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1795
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Antonio de Ulloa (Spanish Colonial Governor of Louisiana: 1766-1768)
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1956
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Slats Rodgers (Georgia-born Aviator; First Licensed Pilot in Texas)
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1983
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Harry James (Georgia-born Trumpeter. Songwriter, Bandleader; Member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame)
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1737
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James Oglethorpe Sails from England for Georgia Along with a Regiment of Soldiers to be Stationed on St. Simons Island
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1742
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A Flotilla of 36 Ships and 2,000 Men Passes Fort St. Simon Beginning Spain's Invasion of Colonial Georgia
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1776
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In Delaware, A Portrait of King George III Is Burned on Dover Green When Independence Is Declared
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1811
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Venezuela Is the First South American Country to Declare Independence from Spain
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1812
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General William Hull Arrives in Detroit to Prepare for an Invasion of Canada
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1816
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Brookville, Indiana Gets Its First Post Office
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1819
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Alabama's First Constitutional Convention Is Convened in Huntsville
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1852
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Delegates Assemble to Draft a New Louisiana State Constitution
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1855
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Texas' Governor Authorizes an Expedition to Cross the Rio Grand and Punish Apache Indians Who Raid in Texas and Escape to Mexico
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1858
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In Whatcom (Bellingham), Workers Begin Erecting the First Brick Building in the Washington Territory
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1861
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In Southwestern Missouri, the Battle of Carthage Is the First Large-Scale Engagement of the Civil War
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1864
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President Lincoln Suspends Writ of Habeas Corpus and Establishes Martial Law in Kentucky
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Union Cavalry Burn All Mills and Industrial Buildings in Roswell, Georgia
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1865
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Four Confederate Sympathizers Are Sentenced to Death for Giving Aid to John Wilkes Booth, Assassin of President Lincoln
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1869
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The Yukon Is the First Steamboat to Enter the Yukon River
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1876
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The First Railroad Train Arrives in Fairmont, Minnesota
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Malvern, Arkansas Is Incorporated
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1897
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De Queen, Arkansas Is Incorporated
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1908
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America's First Father's Day Is Observed in Fairmont, West Virginia
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1913
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13-Week Strike Ends in Failure in Hopedale, Massachusetts
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1914
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Germany Pledges Unconditional Support for Whatever Action Austria-Hungary May Choose to Take in Its Conflict with Serbia
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1928
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Minnesota National Forest Is Renamed the Chippewa National Forest
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1935
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President Roosevelt Signs the National Labor Relations Act Granting Workers the Right to Strike and to Unionize
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1940
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Great Britain Breaks Diplomatic Relations with France's Vichy Government
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Congress Passes the Export Control Act to Restrain the Shipment of Materials to Japan That Could be Used to Prepare for War Against the U.S.
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1945
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U.S. General Douglas MacArthur Announces the Philippines Have Been Liberated from Japanese Occupation
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1948
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Great Britain's National Health Service Act Goes into Effect, Providing Government-financed Medical and Dental Care
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1950
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19-year-old Private Kenneth Shadrick from Skin Fork, West Virginia, Is First American Reported Killed in the Korean War
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1959
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President Sukarno Shuts Down Indonesia's Assembly
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1966
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On a 49-1 Vote, America's Governors Express Their Support for U.S. Military Defense of South Vietnam
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New York City Subway Fares Increase From 15¢ to 20¢ per Ride
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1977
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Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Is Overthrown by the Military
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1978
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A Tornado Levels 1/3 of Gary, Minnesota, Also Destroying Buildings in Fosston and Clearbrook
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