| Today in History |
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1996 ‐
Bill Clinton is re-elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate Bob Dole
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1988 ‐
"Kokomo" single by The Beach Boys from the film "Cocktail" goes to #1
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1968 ‐
Republican candidate Richard Nixon is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Hubert Humphrey and Independent candidate George Wallace
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1935 ‐
Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of Maryland to admit Donald Murray, a black man
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1925 ‐
Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties
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1916 ‐
Emperors Wilhelm II (Germany) and Franz Joseph I (Austria-Hungary) establish the kingdom of Poland
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1895 ‐
1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden) for gasoline driven car
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1895 ‐
Edward, Prince of Wales, says "We are all Socialists nowadays"
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1889 ‐
Louisa Woosley first women to be ordained as a minister in any Presbyterian denomination (US Cumberland Presbyterian Church).
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1872 ‐
American women's right to vote advocate Susan B. Anthony votes for Ulysses S. Grant
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1789 ‐
French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law
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1781 ‐
John Hanson elected first "President of US in Congress assembled"
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1773 ‐
John Hancock is elected as moderator at a Boston town meeting that resolves that anyone who supports the Tea Act is an "Enemy to America"
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