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| American Revolution |
| 1777 |
| Whitemarsh skirmishes turn in Americans' favor » |
| Automotive |
| 1976 |
| Deaf stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil sets women's land-speed record » |
| Civil War |
| 1865 |
| 13th Amendment ratified » |
| Cold War |
| 1987 |
| Protests against Soviet treatment of Jews take place in Washington and Moscow » |
| Crime |
| 1868 |
| Train robbers reach the end of the line » |
| Disaster |
| 1917 |
| Ships explode in Canadian harbor » |
| General Interest |
| 1907 |
| The Monongah coal mine disaster » |
| 1917 |
| The Great Halifax Explosion » |
| 1921 |
| Irish Free State declared » |
| Hollywood |
| 2005 |
| Brokeback Mountain premieres » |
| Literary |
| 1933 |
| Ulysses is ruled not obscene » |
| Music |
| 1969 |
| The Altamont Festival brings the 1960s to a violent end » |
| Old West |
| 1749 |
| French-Canadian explorer La Verendrye dies » |
| Presidential |
| 1884 |
| Monument to Washington completed » |
| Sports |
| 1992 |
| Jerry Rice scores record-breaking touchdown » |
| Vietnam War |
| 1961 |
| Operation Farm Gate combat missions authorized » |
| 1972 |
| Fighting continues in South Vietnam while negotiators talk in Paris » |
| World War I |
| 1917 |
| Munitions ship explodes in Halifax » |
| World War II |
| 1941 |
| Roosevelt to Japanese emperor: "Prevent further death and destruction" » |
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