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John Boyd Orr, British nutritionist and director of UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (Nobel 1949), born (1880)

Mary Church Terrell, educator, political activist, and first president of the National Association of Colored Women, was born in Memphis, Tennessee (1863)

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Sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, died (1939)

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Explorers Lewis and Clark finished their expedition returning to St. Louis (1806)

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Richard Nixon gave his "Checkers" speech denying allegations of improper campaign financing (1952)

Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass. held its first commencement (1642)

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John Andre revealed Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point (1780)