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1892
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Ruth Suckow (Iowa-born Short-Story Writer, Novelist, Memoirist, Essayist )
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1902
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Alice Dickerson Montemayor (Texas-born Folk Artist)
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1779
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Henry M. Ridgely (Delaware-born Governor, U.S. Senator)
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1827
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George Franklin Drew (New Hampshire-born 12th Governor of Florida: 1877-1881)
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1856
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R. Minor Wallace (Arkansas-born Member of the U.S. Congress)
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1878
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Harry Leslie (Governor of Indiana: 1929-1933)
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1930
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Abbey Lincoln (Chicago-born African-American Jazz Singer)
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1936
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Charlie Haden (Iowa-born Bluegrass Bassist)
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1726
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Antonio Margil de Jesús (Spanish Missionary to Texas)
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1847
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Henry M. Ridgely (Delaware-born Governor, U.S. Senator)
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1914
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Ellen Axson Wilson (Georgia-born Wife of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson)
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1945
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Hiram Johnson (California-born Governor, U.S. Senator)
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Richard Bong (Wisconsin-born Ace Fighter Pilot Killed in Crash as Test Pilot)
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1978
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Edward Durell Stone (Arkansas-born Architect)
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2012
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Marvin Hamlisch (New York City-born Emmy, Oscar, Tony & Grammy Award Winning Composer)
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1754
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England's King George II Commissions Captain John Reynolds as Governor-in-Chief of His Majesty's Province of Georgia |
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1763
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Colonel Augustine Prevost of the British Army Accepts Possession of West Florida from the Spanish at Pensacola |
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1779
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In Augusta, John Wereat Is Elected President of the Georgia Patriot Temporary Government Known as the Supreme Executive Council. |
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1842
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The University of Michigan Awards Bachelor of Arts Degrees to 10 Students Who Compose Its First Graduating Class
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1845
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The New British Charge d'Affaires to Texas Arrives at the Port of Galveston
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1862
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Laden with War Materials, the Blockade Runner Columbia Arrives in Key West under Guard by the U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba |
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1863
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Alterations Begin in the Bahamas to Convert the British-Built Oreto into the Confederate Gunboat Florida |
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1864
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The Federal Gunboat Metacomet Arrives in Pensacola with Confederate and Union Wounded From Fighting Around Mobile, Alabama |
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Confederate Lines Repel Union Advances at Georgia's Utoy Creek |
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1867
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4 Men Complete the First Documented Ascent of Mt. Hood in a 5 1/2-Hour Climb |
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1868
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Present State Seal of Florida Is Authorized |
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1872
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Brinkley, Arkansas Is Incorporated
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1873
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Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Meets for the First Time in Charlestown
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1875
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Newport, Arkansas Is Incorporated
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1886
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African-American Journalist John Quincy Adams Arrives in St. Paul, Minnesota to Serve as Editor of the Western Appeal
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1898
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American Troops under the Command of General William Shafter Begin Their Evacuation of Santiago, Cuba
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1907
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Georgia Governor Hoke Smith Signs an Act Instituting Statewide Prohibition Effective January 1, 1908
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1945
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The United States Drops an Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, Killing 100,000 People and Destroying 90% of the City's Buildings
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1965
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President Lyndon Johnson Signs the Voting Rights Act with Martin Luther King, Jr. in Attendance
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1966
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Houston Oilman Ralph A. Johnston Gives His 254-Acre Paisano Ranch to the University of Texas
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1967
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Demolition Begins on the Orpheum Theatre in Seattle, Washington
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1969
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12 Tornadoes Leave 15 People Dead in the Northern Minnesota Lake Resort Area
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1972
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Hank Aaron's 661st Home Run in a Braves Uniform Sets a Major League Record for Most Home Runs by a Player for a Single Franchise
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1974
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A Burlington Northern Chemical Tank Car Explodes in South Wenatchee, Washington, Killing 2 People and Injuring 66
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1984
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The Atlanta Braves Retired the Number of Knuckleball Pitcher Phil Niekro
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1989
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The Boston Red Sox Retire Carl Yastrzemski's Number 8
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1997
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The Mumford Sheet Metal Works Burns Down in Selbyville, Delaware |
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2007
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In Utah, the Crandall Canyon Mine Collapse Kills 6 Miners and 3 Rescuers |
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