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1965
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Evelyn Glennie (Deaf Scottish Percussionist, Composer)
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1894
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Percy Spencer (Maine-born Inventor of the Microwave Oven)
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1964
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Teresa Edwards (Georgia-born African-American Basketball Player; 4-time Olympic Gold Medalist)
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James Thadeus Holtzclaw (Georgia-born Confederate General) |
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1949 |
Frank Murphy (Governor of Michigan) |
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2009 |
Frank McCourt (New York City-born Irish-American Awarded the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Biography/Autobiography)
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1651
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Peter Stuyvesant Buys Land from Indians Claiming All Land Along the Delaware River between Christiana Creek and Bombay Hook
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1714
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Canadian Adventurer Louis Juchereau de St. Denis Arrives at San Juan Bautista Presidio in Texas
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1765
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Meeting British Agent George Croghan at Indiana's Fort Ouiatenon, Chief Pontiac Promises Not to Attack British Settlers
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1802
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In Delaware, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours Buys Land on the Brandywine River to Begin Building Mills to Manufacture Gunpowder
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1815
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Dakota Cease Hostilities with the United States
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1837
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The First Railroad Train Runs from Wilmington, Delaware to Perryville, Maryland
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1843
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President Sam Houston Relieves Edwin Moore as Commander of the Texas Navy
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1845
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30 People Die as Fire Destroys 300 Buildings on New York City's Manhattan Island
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1848
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The First Women's Rights Convention in the United States Begins in Seneca Falls, New York
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1850
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The Catholic Diocese of St. Paul, Minnesota Is Created
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1864
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Some of Sherman's Federal Forces Cross Peachtree Creek North of Atlanta, Georgia
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Union Forces Attack John Hunt Morgan's Raiders at the Battle of Buffington Island
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1876
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The Texas and Pacific Railway Completes Its Line into Fort Worth
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1878
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Outlaw Sam Bass Is Mortally Wounded Trying to Rob the Bank in Round Rock, Texas
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During New Mexico's Lincoln County War, Several Men Are Killed as Billy the Kid and Others Are Forced Out of a Burning House
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1879
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The First Issue of the Florida Telegraph, Now the Bradford County Telegraph, Is Published in Starke
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1894
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Atop the Summit of Oregon's Mt. Hood, 105 Climbers Become Charter Members of the Mazamas Climbing Club
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1941
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In Alabama, the First African-American Pilots in the American Military Begin Flight Training at Tuskegee Institute's Moton Field
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1949
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7 People Die and 7 Homes Are Destroyed When an Airliner Crashes South of Seattle, Washington
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1967
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Two Nights of Racial Rioting Begin in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Resulting in 3 Shootings, Razing of 4 Businesses and 34 Arrests
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1976
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Richard Wernick's Pulitzer Prize-Winning "Visions of Terror and Wonder" Is Premiered at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado
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1978
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Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Is Appointed as the Second African American to Serve as the Florida Secretary of State
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1982
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Robert Asp Sails His Replica Viking Ship Hjemkomst into Bergen, Norway, Completing a Journey from the Great Lakes
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1983
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Thunderstorms Create 117-mph Winds in Alexandria, Minnesota
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1987
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The Minnesota Twins Retire Rod Carew's Jersey #29
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1996
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Opening Ceremonies Are Held for the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia
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