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1643
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Louis XIV became King of France at age 4 upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
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1787
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Delegates began gathering in Philadelphia for a convention to draw up the U.S. Constitution.
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1811
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Paraguay gained independence from Spain.
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1897
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"The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Phillip Sousa was performed for the first time. It was at a ceremony where a statue of George Washington was unveiled.
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1897
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Guglielmo Marconi made the first communication by wireless telegraph.
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1904
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For the first time Olympic games were held in the U.S in St. Louis.
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1940
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The Netherlands surrendered to Nazi Germany.
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1948
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Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the independent State of Israel as British rule in Palestine came to an end.
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1955
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The Warsaw Pact, an Eastern European mutual-defense treaty, was signed in Poland by eight communist bloc countries including the Soviet Union.
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1961
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A bus carrying Freedom Riders was bombed and burned in Alabama.
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1973
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Skylab One was launched as the first U.S. manned space station.
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1975
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U.S. forces raided the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and recaptured the American merchant ship Mayaguez. All 40 crew members were released safely by Cambodia. About 40 U.S. servicemen were killed in the military operation.
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1980
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U.S. President Carter inaugurated the Department of Health and Human Services.
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1992
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Former Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev addressed members of the U.S. Congress, appealing to them to pass a bill to aid the people of the former Soviet Union.
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1998
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The TV series "Seinfeld" signed off after nine years on NBC.
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1999
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North Korea returned the remains of six U.S. soldiers that had been killed during the Korean War.
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1999
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Jess Marlow received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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