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1789 - The U.S. Congress passes the Judiciary Act which provides an attorney general and the Supreme Court.

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1862 - Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal.

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1869 - "Black Friday" in the US: Wall Steet panic after Gould and Fisk attempt to corner gold; U.S. government begins to sell off large quantities of gold.

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1890 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.

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1901 - Theodore Roosevelt inaugeration as President of the USA.

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1906 - US President Theodore Roosvelt declares Devil's Tower in Wyoming as the first National Monument.

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1948 - Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Washington DC.

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1955 - US President Dwight Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver, Colorado.

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1957 - US President Dwight Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock, Arkansas schools.

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1958 - First welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Iowa, USA.

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