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1775 |
Washington condemns Guy Fawkes festivities » |
1895 |
George Selden patents gas-powered car » |
1862 |
Lincoln removes McClellan » |
1968 |
Richard Nixon elected president » |
2009 |
Army major kills 13 people in Fort Hood shooting spree » |
1991 |
Philippines struggles with severe flooding » |
2007 |
Writers strike stalls production of TV shows, movies » |
1893 |
Willa Cather starts writing for the Nebraska State Journal » |
1938 |
Samuel Barber’s Adagio For Strings receives its world premiere on NBC radio » |
1862 |
300 Santee Sioux sentenced to hang in Minnesota » |
1977 |
George W. Bush marries Laura Welch in Midland, Texas » |
1994 |
George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ in history » |
1968 |
Nixon wins presidential election » |
1970 |
U.S. combat deaths down » |
1914 |
Battle of Tanga ends in defeat for British colonial troops » |
W |
1940 |
FDR re-elected president » |