Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians surrendered to the U.S. military at Chinook, Montana (“From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever”) 1877

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  An extensive gathering of resources on the history of Native American tribes.

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was made an honorary American citizen for his help in saving thousands of Jews from the Nazi death camps during WWII (1981)

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Chester A. Arthur, 21st U.S. President 1881-1885, born (1830)

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Louis Lumiere, Frenchman who with his brother Auguste made the first motion picture in 1895, born (1864)

Robet Hutchings Goddard, rocket pioneer “father of the Space Age” born in Worcester Mass (1882)

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PBS became a network (1970)

Vaclav Havel, writer and President of Czechoslovakia 1989-92, born (1936)

Lech Walesa won the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent efforts to found the Solidarity labor union in Communist Poland (1983)