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1862 - Battle of Luka, Mississippi.

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1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee (near Chattanooga) begins; Union retreat.

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1864 - Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia.

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1907 - Frank A. Leach becomes US Mint director.

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1957 - First underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas, Nevada).

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1959 - Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland during visit to USA due to security concerns.

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1968 - Cornerstone laying ceremony is held for construction of the fourth Philadelphia Mint building.

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1973 - Pirate Radio Free America (off Cape May, New Jersey) goes on the air.

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1980 - Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, Arkansas).

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1981 - Simon and Garfunkel perform The Concert in Central Park, a free concert in New York in front of approximately a half a million people.

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