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2021 ‐
Declassified US intelligence report says Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized efforts to aid re-election of Donald Trump
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1994 ‐
American figure skater Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on former Olympic teammate Nancy Kerrigan
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1988 ‐
Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
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1964 ‐
LBJ asks Congress to pass Economic Opportunity Act as part of his War on Poverty
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1935 ‐
Adolf Hitler orders German rearmament in violation of The Treaty of Versailles
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1924 ‐
The free port of Fiume (Rijeka, Croatia) is formally annexed by Mussolini's fascist regime.
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1870 ‐
Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by an African American in the US Senate
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1867 ‐
First publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of antiseptic surgery, in "The Lancet"
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1861 ‐
Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union (US Civil War)
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1802 ‐
1st US Military Academy at West Point is established through Congressional act (opened July 4, 1802)
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