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Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America, born (1840)

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Arthur Penn, stage & film director (The Miracle Worker), born (1922)

Edgar Degas, French painter, died (1917)

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Aimee Semple McPherson, Canada/US evangelist, died at 53 (1944)

Bessie Smith, singer, died of injuries sustained in car crash (1937)

Japan signed an alliance with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1940)

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The controversial Warren Commission report surprisingly concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted entirely alone in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (1964)

George Washington’s army was defeated by the British at the Battle of Germantown (1777)

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Constitution submitted to the states for ratification (1787)

Railroad transportation was born with first track in England (1825)

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Democratic National Committee voted to admit women (1919)

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Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Spaniard Ignatius Loyola (1540)

Congress gave final approval to create Department of Education (1979)

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