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1781
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Thomas Adams Smith (Virginia-born General; Namesake of Fort Smith, Arkansas)
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1892
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Alfred Lunt (Wisconsin-born Stage 4-time Tony Award-Winning Actor, Producer)
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1971
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Pete Sampras (District of Columbia-born Member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame)
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1928
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Leoš Janácek (Czech Composer)
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1992
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John Cage (Los Angeles-born Composer)
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1995
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Edgar Bryan Kincaid, Jr. (Texas-born Ornithologist)
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1810
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Shawnee Chief Tecumseh and 400 Armed Warriors Appear in Vincennes, Indiana to Lay Out Grievances to Territorial Governor William Henry Harrison |
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1822
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Florida's 3rd & 4th Counties, Jackson and Duval, Are Created |
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1840
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Texas Volunteers Catch and Soundly Defeat Raiding Comanches on Plum Creek |
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1845
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The Opera "Alzira," by Italian Composer Giuseppe Verdi, Premieres in Naples at the Teatro San Carlo
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In Bonn, Germany, a Concert to Honor Beethoven Is Attended by Franz Liszt, Hector Berlioz, Queen Victoria of England, and the King and Queen of Prussia |
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1852
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White Residents Celebrate the Opening of Oyster Season on Delaware's Bowers Beach - African-Americans Will Celebrate Two Days Later |
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1858
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The Sisters of St. Agnes Is Founded in Barton, Wisconsin |
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1862
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City Provost Marshal G.W. Lee Prohibits Local Hotels and Boarding Houses from Lodging Persons Without a Permit to be in Atlanta |
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The Federal Steamer, R.R. Cuyler, Arrives at Key West to Begin Its Tour of Duty with the East Gulf Blockading Squadron |
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1863
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Michigan's Adjutant General Authorizes Organization of the First Michigan Colored Infantry Regiment
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1864
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In Florida, Confederate Cavalry Attack a Detachment of the 102nd U.S. Colored Infantry, Killing 1, Capturing 4 |
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The Confederate Ship Tallahassee Captures 6 Vessels Off the Coast of New York |
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Confederate Commander Hood Forbids Confederate Soldiers From Seizing or Destroying Horses or Other Property from Private Citizens |
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1865
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10,000 People Greet General Grant's Arrival in Detroit, Michigan
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1869
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Former U.S. Secretary of State, William H. Seward, Delivers an Address to an Overflow Crowd at the Lutheran Church in Sitka, Alaska
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1898
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The 110-day Spanish-American War Officially Ends as President McKinley Signs the Peace Protocol and Orders a Cessation of Hostilities
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1905
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Grace United Methodist Church in Millsboro, Delaware Is Destroyed by Fire |
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The First Auto and Motorcycle Races in the Northwest U.S. Are Held Near Georgetown, Washington |
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1909
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Georgia's General Assembly Requests a $5M Prize from the U.S. Congress for the First Person to Eliminate the Boll Weevil |
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1910
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Georgia Law Makes It Illegal to Carry a Pistol or Revolver Without a License |
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1918
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The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Arkansas Infantry Arrive in France |
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1922
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A Concert of the New York Philharmonic Is First Broadcast Live by New York Radio Station WJZ |
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1937
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President Franklin Roosevelt Appoints Alabama Senator Hugo Black to the U.S. Supreme Court |
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1955
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A Mild Earthquake Causes Moderate Damages to Buildings in Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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1959
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An Earthquake Centered in Huntsville, Alabama Is Felt over a 25-mile Radius, but Causes Minor Damage |
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1962
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Two Albany, Georgia Churches Allow African-Americans to Attend Services for the First Time |
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1965
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President Lyndon Johnson Establishes the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch, Iowa
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1968
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The Federal Bribery Trial of Former West Virginia Governor William Wallace Barron Begins in Charleston
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1977
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The First Space Shuttle, Enterprise, Is Launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida for Its First Free-Flight
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1981
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The IBM Personal Computer Is Announced at a Press Conference in New York's City's Waldorf Astoria Hotel |
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1983
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In Texas, a Sinkhole 250' Wide and 25' Deep Forms Suddenly over the Crest of the Boling Dome, Collapsing a Roadway |
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1984
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Harmon Killebrew Is the First Minnesota Twin Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame |
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1996
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The Republican National Convention Opens in San Diego, California |
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