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1774
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Abraham Rundell (North Arkansas Pioneer)
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1964
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Flannery O'Connor (Georgia-born Author)
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1977
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Alfred Lunt (Wisconsin-born Stage 4-time Tony Award-Winning Actor, Producer)
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn (Russian-born 1970 Nobel Laureate for Literature) |
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1763
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Spain Transfers Possession of Florida to Britain in Exchange for the Return of the City of Havana, Cuba |
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1778
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Milan's Teatro alla Scala (La Scala) Opens with a Performance of "L'Europa riconosciuta" by Italian Opera Composer Antonio Salieri
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1779
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In Salzburg, Austria, Wolfgang Mozart Finishes His "Posthorn" Serenade
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1795
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The Paris Conservatory of Music Is Founded by the National Revolutionary Convention
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12 Native Tribes Sign the Treaty of Greenville Ceding to the U.S. the Southern 2/3 of Ohio and Part of SE Indiana |
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1829
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Gioacchino Rossini's Opera, "Guillaume Tell" (William Tell), Premieres at the Paris Opéra
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1837
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Northern New Mexicans Protest the Mexican Government's Unfair Taxation and Poor Military Protection
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1849
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The Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in Ohio Names Charles K. Smith Master of the First Masonic Lodge in Minnesota
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1857
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The Iowa State Constitution Is Adopted by Popular Vote |
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Minnesota's First Organized Game of Baseball Is Played
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1864
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Members of the 8th U.S. Colored Troops Arrive in Palatka, Florida and Save a 25-man Detachment of the Union's 40th Massachusetts Cavalry |
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1895
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Lake Village, Arkansas Is Incorporated
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1898
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American Forces under the Command of General Brooke Arrive at Arroyo, Puerto Rico
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In Colorado County, Texas, the Murder of Sheriff Candidate Larkin Hope Ignites a 9-year Feud
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1904
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Atlanta, Georgia Suffers Its First Recorded Automobile Fatality
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1908
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Allensworth Township Is Established as the Only California Town to be Founded, Financed and Governed by African Americans
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1910
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Georgia Is the 9th State to Ratify the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Approving a National Income Tax
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1913
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In California, Violence Erupts in a Yuba County Hops Field Where 2800 Workers Are Seeking Work
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1920
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Blythe, Georgia Is Incorporated
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1922
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WGY in New York Makes the First Radio Sound Effect, Slamming Two Wood Blocks Together to Imitate a Door Closing
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1923
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Calvin Coolidge Is Sworn In as President of the United States Following the Death of President Warren Harding in San Francisco
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1933
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Longacres Racetrack Opens in Renton, Washington
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1934
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt Visits Grand Coulee Dam
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1936
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African-American Jessie Owens Wins His 1st of 4 Gold Medals at the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany
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1940
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West Virginia Day Is Held at the New York World's Fair
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1958
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The First Successful Test of the 85-foot Tall Atlas Missile Takes Place at Cape Canaveral, Florida
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1961
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John Cage's "Atlas Eclipticalis" is Premiered in Montréal
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1997
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Former Atlanta Braves Knuckleballer Phil Niekro Is Inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame
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