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1824
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Alexandre Dumas (French Dramatist)
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1899
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Harl McDonald (Colorado-born Composer)
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1852
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George Foster Peabody (Georgia-born Philanthropist; Founder of the Peabody Awards)
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1941
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Charlie Norwood (Georgia-born Member of the U.S. Congress)
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1874
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William Lowndes Yancey (Georgia-born Member of the U.S. Congress from Alabama; Main Author of Alabama's Ordinance of Secession)
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1948
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Susan Glaspell (Iowa-born Playwright, Producer)
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1813
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The First Engagement of the Creek Indian War Takes Place at Burnt Corn Creek in Present-Day Escambia County, Alabama
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1816
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270 African Americans and Native Americans Die as U.S. Troops Attack Britain's Fort Gadsden on Florida's Apalachicola River
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1828
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The First Presbyterian Church in Arkansas Is Organized in Little Rock
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1844
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In New York, the Long Island Railroad First Reaches Its Eastern Terminus at Greenport
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1862
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Steamer SS Golden Gate Is Destroyed by a Fire Off the Coast of Mexico, Killing 223 Passengers and Crew
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1864
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Union Troops Capture Baldwin, Florida
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In Arkansas, Confederate Troops Overrun Union Troops at Massard Prairie
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1868
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The U.S. Customs Service Created a District for Alaska with Its Headquarters at Sitka
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1876
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In Delaware, the 1st National Bank of Milford Is Chartered
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1888
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Randall County, Texas Is Organized
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1894
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A Forest Fire Destroys Phillips, Wisconsin Kills 13 and Burns More Than 100,000 Acres in Price County
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1897
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A Conference of Leaders From Various Trade Unions Meet in Wheeling, West Virginia to Support Striking Coal Miners
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1898
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The Spanish Garrison at Calmanera, Cuba, Surrenders to U.S. Troops
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Former Governor, Alexander Ramsey, Sets the Cornerstone of Minnesota's New State Capitol Building |
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1904
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Broxton, Georgia Is Incorporated
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1916
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The First Birney Streetcar Goes into Service in Seattle, Washington
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1923
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In Seattle, Washington, President Warren G. Harding Makes His Last Public Speech Before Falling Ill and Dying
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1927
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Construction Begins on the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida
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1929
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Silvertown, Georgia Is Incorporated
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1931
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The State of Florida Veterans of Foreign Wars Organization Is Chartered
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1934
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Labor Riots Kill 2 People and Injure 40 in Kohler, Wisconsin
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1940
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African-American Civil-Rights Activist Lonnie E. Smith Is Prohibited From Voting in the Harris County, Texas Democratic Primary
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1953
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Cease-Fire Agreement Marks the End of the Korean War
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1962
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Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy and 8 Others Are Arrested While Praying on the Steps of the Albany, Georgia City Hall
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1963
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The 10,000-ton Chinese Freighter Taichung Rams the Passenger Ferry Nisqually in Fog Near Kingston, Washington, Causing $100,000 Damage
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Virginia Piper, Wife of Minneapolis Investment Banker Harry C. Piper, Jr., Is Kidnapped |
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1996
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A Bombing at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park Kills 1 and Injures More Than 100 on the 9th Day of the Summer Olympic Games
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1997
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Over 3,000 Explosives Implode Atlanta, Georgia's 20,000-Ton Omni Coliseum in Seconds
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2008
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Pitcher Goose Gossage, Manager Dick Williams and Owner Walter O'Malley Are Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
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