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1861 - US General Winfield Scott, Commander of the US Army, resigns at age 94 citing failing health.

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1864 - Nevada admitted as 36th US state.

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1893 - The World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois closes.

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1934 - The Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago closes. Over the two years, there were 38,867,000 visitors.

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1941 - German submarine U-562 torpedoes American destroyer USS Reuben James while escorting a British convoy west of Ireland. 115 Americans die.

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1941 - The Mount Rushmore monument is completed in the USA.

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1943 - The F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception.

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1956 - Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek becomes the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole.

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1963 - Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana).

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1964 - President Lyndon Johnson signs the Federal Food Stamp Act as Public Law 88-525.

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