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1862 - Confederate forces defeated at Moore's Hill, Missouri.

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1864 - Atlanta Campaign - Battle of Ezra Church.

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1921 - President Warren Harding issues executive order requiring coin designs to come under purview of Commission of Fine Arts.

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1930 - 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record high).

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1932 - President Herbert Hoover evicts bonus marchers from their encampment.

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1934 - 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Orofino, Idaho (state record).

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1943 - President Franklin Roosevelt announces end of coffee rationing in the US.

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1945 - US Army bomber crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Building, 14 die.

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1945 - US Senate ratifies United Nations charter 89-2.

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1951 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film Alice in Wonderland to theaters in the USA.

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