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1957 ‐
India annexes Kashmir
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1950 ‐
India becomes a republic, after thousands of years of monarchy, centuries of British rule, becomes the world's most populous democracy
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1915 ‐
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, is established
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1906 ‐
World's steam car land speed record was set at 127.7 mph (205.5 km/h) by Fred Marriot, racing at Daytona Beach, Florida
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1871 ‐
US income tax repealed
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1784 ‐
Benjamin Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol
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