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1776 - Nathan Hale executed as a spy by the British.

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1784 - Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.

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1791 - Birth of Michael Faraday discovered principle of electric motor.

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1792 - Origin of French Republican Era.

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1817 - John Quincy Adams becomes secretary of State.

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1822 - Birth of Brigadier General Eppa Hunton fought in most ANV campaigns.

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1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln issues an executive order, declaring freedom for all slaves in any state in the Confederacy that did not return to Union control by January 1, 1863.

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1863 - US President Abraham Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech.

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1868 - Race riots in New Orleans Louisiana.

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1869 - The opera "Das Rheingold" is produced (Munich).

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