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1775 - George Washington takes command of the Continental Army as commander-in-chief at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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1852 - US Congress authorizes America's second mint, in San Francisco, California.

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1863 - On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate General George Pickett leads a 15,000-man column a mile toward Union positions at Cemetery Ridge, after an hour-long cannon bombardment. But Union artillery and infantry survived, and devastate the attacking force, killing or wounding 7,000 within an hour.

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1890 - Idaho is admitted to the USA as 43rd state.

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1934 - FDIC pays off first insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria, Illinois.

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1944 - Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore, Maryland.

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1947 - 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City.

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1950 - First time US and North Korean forces clash in the Korean War.

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1966 - Race riots in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

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1969 - 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island.

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