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On this day for the United States
Events
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1776 –
Continental Congress appoints
Thomas Jefferson,
John Adams,
Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to a committee to draft a declaration of independence.
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1788 – Russian explorer
Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
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1805 – A fire consumed large portions of
Detroit in the
Michigan Territory.
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1825 – The first cornerstone is laid for
Fort Hamilton in New York City.
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1837 – The
Broad Street Riot occurred in
Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English–Americans and Irish–Americans.
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1898 –
Spanish–American War: U.S. war ships start to sail for
Cuba.
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1935 – Inventor
Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of
FM broadcasting in the United States, at
Alpine, New Jersey.
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1942 – World War II: The United States agrees to send
Lend-Lease aid to the
Soviet Union.
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1962 –
Frank Morris,
John Anglin and
Clarence Anglin become the only prisoners to successfully escape from the prison on
Alcatraz Island.
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1963 –
American Civil Rights Movement:
Alabama Governor
George Wallace stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the
University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students from attending that school.
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1970 – After being appointed on
May 15,
Anna Mae Hays and
Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army
Generals, becoming the first females to do so.
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1998 –
Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for
Digital Equipment Corporation in largest high–tech acquisition.
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2001 –
Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the
Oklahoma City bombing.
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2002 –
Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the
telephone by the
United States Congress.
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2004 –
Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of
Phoebe.
- 2004 –
Ronald Reagan's funeral held at
Washington National Cathedral.