| Today in History |
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2017 ‐
US congresswoman Frederica Wilson says President Donald Trump said to bereaved army family of Sgt. La David Johnson "He knew what he was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway"
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2016 ‐
US White Houses says it is "confident" Russia behind recent email hacking and attempts to influence US election
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1942 ‐
Hitler orders captured allied commandos to be killed
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1931 ‐
American gangster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion
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1929 ‐
Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law
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1921 ‐
Charles Strite granted US patent #1,394,450 for his invention, the automatic pop-up toaster
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1912 ‐
The First Balkan War breaks out, with Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece opposed to Turkey
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1898 ‐
American flag raised in Puerto Rico
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1867 ‐
Alaska Purchase: US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia, having paid $7.2 million
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1860 ‐
The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
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1775 ‐
African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery
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1767 ‐
Boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Mason–Dixon line is agreed upon
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