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1841 - The Independent Treasury Act is repealed, eliminating the federal government's banking system.

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1889 - William Gray patents coin-operated telephone.

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1939 - Sabotage suspected in crash of the City of San Francisco which fell into the Humboldt River killing 24. (Elko, Nevada).

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1942 - RKO Radio Pictures premieres the Disney film Bambi in the US at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

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1953 - US President Dwight Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee.

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1991 - Death of James Roosevelt, American businessman and politician (born 1907).

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1991 - The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is released in the United States.

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2004 - Hurricane Charley kills 27 people in Florida after killing four in Cuba and one in Jamaica. Charley made landfall near Cayo Costa, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane. Charley is the most intense hurricane to strike the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

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2008 - At the Beijing Olympics, American swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 10th and 11th career gold medals, in men's 200-metre butterfly and 4x200 freestyle relay in world record 6:58.56). Phelps is now the record holder of most career Olympic gold medals.

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2009 - The US Mint releases the 2009 Lincoln, Professional Life cent to circulation.

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