| Today in History |
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2020 ‐
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler criticizes federal policing of protesters in his city, calling it unconstitutional
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1984 ‐
Geraldine Ferraro (US Representative, New York), becomes the 1st US female major-party vice-presidential nominee, officially joining Walter Mondale's Democratic Party ticket
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1967 ‐
Race riots in Durham, North Carolina
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1961 ‐
1st in-flight movie shown on TWA
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1942 ‐
German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and The Hague
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1940 ‐
Adolf Hitler orders Great Britain to surrender - they decline
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1903 ‐
1st Tour de France: French rider Maurice Garin wins inaugural event
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1880 ‐
San Francisco Public Library starts lending books
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1867 ‐
US Congress passes 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto
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1860 ‐
1st railroad reaches Kansas
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1848 ‐
1st US women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls NY, organised by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
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