| Today in History |
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2019 ‐
The last slave ship to smuggle slaves to America from Africa, the Clotilda (sunk 1860), is found in Mobile river, Alabama
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1990 ‐
Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion
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1939 ‐
British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949
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1922 ‐
Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films
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1903 ‐
1st automobile trip across US leaves San Francisco for New York, (arrives July 26)
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1900 ‐
William Harvey Carney becomes the first African-American soldier awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Civil War at the Battle of Fort Wagner
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1894 ‐
William Love hosts groundbreaking ceremonies for Love Canal
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1873 ‐
Postal cards sold in San Francisco for 1st time
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1845 ‐
New York City Police Department (NYPD) is formed, replacing an old night watch system
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1788 ‐
South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution
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1785 ‐
Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
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1774 ‐
Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)
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