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1862 - General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, Texas.

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1862 - John Gault receives a patent on encasing postage stamps under a mica window and in a circular brass backing, for use as currency.

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1896 - Gold is discovered at Dawson on the Klondike River in Alaska.

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1898 - Hawaii formally annexed to US.

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1936 - 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Seymour, Texas (state record hot).

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1953 - Ann Davidson, first woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives at Miami, Florida, USA.

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1955 - US President Dwight Eisenhower raises minimum wage from US$0.75 to $1 an hour.

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1959 - First ship-firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island.

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1960 - Echo I, first communications satellite, is launched.

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1960 - US Air Force Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600m.

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