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1873 |
Garnett Andrews (Georgia-born Lawyer, Politician, Judge, Author) |
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1821
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Clement Hoffman "Rock" Stevens (Connecticut-born Confederate General)
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1786
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John Tipton (Tennessee-born Member of the U.S. Senate from Indiana; Namesake of Tipton County, Indiana)
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1837
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J.M. Futrell (Governor of Arkansas)
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1851 |
Doc Holliday (Georgia-born Gunslinger) |
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1945
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Steve Martin (Texas-born Comedic Actor)
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1966 |
Halle Berry (Ohio-born African-American Oscar Winning Actress) |
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1959 |
Earvin "Magic" Johnson (Michigan-born African-American Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame) |
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1874
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Jonathan C. Gibbs (Pennsylvania-born African-American Who Served as Florida's Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction)
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1888
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Charles Crocker (New York-born California Dry Goods Merchant, Railroad Builder)
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1951
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William Randolph Hearst (California-born Publisher, Business Leader)
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1957
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Jane McCallum (Texas-born Women's Suffragist)
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1972
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Oscar Levant (Pennsylvania-born Pianist, Composer)
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2010
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Abbey Lincoln (Chicago-born African-American Jazz Singer)
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1559
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The First Spanish Settlement in the Present United States Is Established on the Site of Today's Pensacola, Florida |
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1703
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Johann Sebastian Bach Begins His Duties as Organist at the Bonifaciuskirche in Arnstadt, Germany |
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1755
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George Washington Is Appointed Colonel of the Virginia Regiment |
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1765
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A Boston Mob Protests the Stamp Act |
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1814
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Gioacchino Rossini's Opera, "Il Turco in Italia" Premieres in Milan at the Teatro alla Scala |
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1819
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The Nacogdoches Texas Republican Is the First Newspaper Published in Texas |
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1820
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The New York Eye Infirmary Opens as the First U.S. Hospital to Specialize in Eye Care |
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1830
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In Mendota, Minnesota, Arsonists Burn Down the Council House of Indian Agent Lawrence Taliaferro |
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1832
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George Belding Is the First Euro-American Child Born in Hot Springs, Arkansas |
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1842
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In Florida, Colonel William Jenkins Worth Proclaims an End to the Second Seminole War |
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1848
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The U.S. Congress Establishes the Territorial Government of Oregon |
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At a Land Sale at St. Croix Falls, Minnesota, Henry H. Sibley Purchases Lots for Those Already Squatting on What Will be St. Paul |
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1861
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The Union Blockader, Mohawk, Captures and Scuttles a Confederate Ship Off the Florida Coast |
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1864
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Union General Alexander Sandor Asboth Orders His 1,400 Troops to Leave Pensacola, Florida for Operations Near Alabama's Mobile Bay |
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1888
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The Washington Territorial Supreme Court Rules a Women's Suffrage Law to be Unconstitutional |
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1890
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Mountain View, Arkansas Is Incorporated |
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1893
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The Steamer Annie Faxon Explodes on the Snake River, Killing 8 People |
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1906 |
The First Official Election Is Held to Name a Delegate in Congress for Alaska |
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1908 |
Race Riots in Springfield, Illinois Lead to 7 Deaths, 100 Injured, 40 Homes and 24 Businesses Destroyed |
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Georgia Law Establishes Minimum Qualifications and Oversight for the Practice of Veterinary Medicine in the State |
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1909 |
Georgia Law Establishes Minimum Qualifications and Oversight for the Practice of Osteopathy in the State |
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1927
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In Texas, the Harlingen Convention Lays the Groundwork for the League of United Latin American Citizens |
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1935
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President Franklin Roosevelt Signs the Social Security Act |
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1945
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President Harry S Truman Announces the Surrender of Japan, Ending World War II |
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1963
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Ten Cuban Refugees Are Rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter and Taken to Key West, Florida |
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1995
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A Federal Court Rules It Will No Longer Oversee Public School Busing for Integration in New Castle County, Delaware |
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2003
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Power Failure Darkens Many Major Cities in Southeastern Canada and 8 U.S. States |
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