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1794 - Albion Cox is appointed as US Mint assayer.

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1862 - Battle of Yorktown begins.

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1862 - US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond.

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1864 - Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas.

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1865 - Lee's army arrives at Amelia, Courthouse.

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1883 - Death of Peter Cooper, US presidential candidate for Greenback Party in 1876.

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1932 - Vitamin C first isolated, by C C King, at University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

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1933 - US dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die.

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1945 - US forces liberated the German death camp Ohrdruf in Germany.

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1945 - US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld.

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