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1887
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Edna Ferber (Michigan-born Author)
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1954
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Stieg Larsson (Swedish Journalist, Novelist)
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1772
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Johannes Nepomuk Maelzel (German Inventor Credited with the Creation of the Metronome)
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1841
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Julia Strudwick Tutwiler (Alabama-born Educator, Social Reformist)
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1869
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Moina Michael (Georgia-born Educator, Social Worker Who Conceived the Idea of Selling Memorial Poppies to Fund Care for Disabled Veterans)
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1938
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Stephen Breyer (San Francisco-born Justice of the Uinited States Supreme Court)
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1879
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Ethel Barrymore (Pennsylvania-born Stage Actress)
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1945 |
Gene Upshaw (Texas-born African-American Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame; Executive Director of the NFL Players Association) |
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1812
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William Wells (Indian Agent Killed in Potawatomi Indian Attack on Fort Dearborn; Namesake of Wells County, Indiana) |
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1817
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Peter Early (Virginia-born Governor of Georgia) |
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1844
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William S. Fulton (Maryland-born U.S. Senator from Arkansas; Territorial Governor of Arkansas)
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1935 |
Will Rogers (Oklahoma-born Humorist Killed in an Airplane Crash Near Barrow, Alaska) |
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1964 |
Dr. Atl (Gerado Murillo: Mexican Painter) |
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1994
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Paul Anderson (Georgia-born 1956 Olympic Weightlifting Champion Known as the "World's Strongest Man") |
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1999
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Celestine Sibley (Florida-born Journalist) |
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1796
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Wayne County, Michigan Is Created and Named in Honor of General Anthony Wayne |
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1812
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In Indiana, Potawatomi Indians Attack Fort Dearborn, Killing About Half of the Fleeing Soldiers and Their Families |
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1836
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Philip Sublett Nominates Sam Houston for President of the Republic of Texas |
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1842
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A Monument to Soldiers Who Died in the Seminole Wars Is Unveiled in St. Augustine, Florida |
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1846
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General Stephen Kearny and His Army of the West Ride into Las Vegas, New Mexico Announcing the U.S. Takeover of the Territory |
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1862
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In Milwaukee, the 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Is Mustered Into Service |
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1864
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The Florida 2nd and 5th Cavalry Battalions Are Engaged by Federal Troops in the 5-day Battle of Gainesville |
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1865
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Franz Liszt's Oratorio, "St. Elizabeth," Premieres in Pest, Hungary |
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1875
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Bishop Thomas L. Grace Dedicates the Church of St. Michael in Stillwater, Minnesota |
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1885
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The Laurel Gazette Is the First Newspaper Published in Laurel, Delaware |
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1890
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Dermott, Arkansas Is Incorporated |
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1891
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Piggott, Arkansas Is Incorporated |
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1895
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In Norfolk, Virginia, the USS Texas Is Christened as America's First Steel Battleship |
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1899
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Fire Wipes Out Much of the City of Cass Lake, Minnesota |
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1903
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Georgia Law Requires Elementary Principles of Agriculture and the Elements of Civil Government be Taught in the State's Public Schools |
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1906
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The Niagara Movement Begins a 5-day Meeting on the Storer College Campus at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia |
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1914
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The Panamá Canal Opens to Traffic |
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1919
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Boston, Massachusetts Police Vote to Form a Union |
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1921
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Georgia Governor Thomas Hardwick Signs an Act Creating the Georgia State Board of Forestry (State Forestry Commission) |
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1933
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In Minnesota, a Police Officer Is Killed as the Barker-Karpis Gang Robs South St. Paul's Swift and Company of Its $30,000 Payroll |
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1934
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The First Florida Emergency Relief Administration Camp for Unemployed Women Opens on St. Augustine's Anastasia Island |
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1935
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Will Rogers and Wiley Post Are Killed in a Plane Crash Near Barrow, Alaska |
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1936
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The Temperature Reaches 108°F in St. Paul, Minnesota |
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1951
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The Steamer Washington Makes Its Last Trip Across the Delaware River Before the Opening of the Delaware Memorial Bridge |
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1969
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Nearly 500,000 People Attend the 3-day Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel, New York |
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Peace Is Reached After 5 Days of Rioting in Seattle, Washington
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1978
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Georgia's Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Is Added to the National Park System |
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1979
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Andrew Young Resigns as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations After an Unauthorized Meeting with the Palestine Liberation Organization |
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2007
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7.9 Magnitude Earthquake Kills Hundreds in Peru |
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