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1785 - The Connecticut General Court authorizes coining up to 10,000 pounds of copper coins with an emblem of Liberty.

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1942 - "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations.

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1944 - 30 blocks of Cleveland, Ohio, USA burn after a liquid gas factory explodes.

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1944 - American General Douglas MacArthur and 200,000 troops begin amphibious landings on Leyte in the central Philippines.

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1947 - The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigating Communist influence in Hollywood.

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1960 - First fully mechanized post office opened, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

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1967 - Seven men are convicted of civil rights violations in Meridian, Mississippi.

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1973 - Arab oil producers impose total oil embargo on USA.

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1973 - Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox dismissed by Solicitor General Bork, Attorney General Richardson and Deputy Attorney General Ruckelshaus resign.

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1979 - John F Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston, Massachusetts.

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