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Willa Cather, American author (O Pioneers, My Antonia,) born (1873)

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Nicolas Cage, Academy Award winning actor (Leaving Las Vegas), born (1964)

Japanese warplanes attacked the home base of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, an act that led to America's entry into World War II (1941)

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"GE College Bowl" quiz show premiered on TV (1968)

University of Glasgow was founded in Scotland (1450)

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First photo of genes taken at University of Southern California by Pease & Baker (1949)

NASA’s Surveyor 7 landed on the Moon (1968)

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Battle of Manassas Junction in Virginia took place during Civil War (1862)

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Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, discovered four satellites of Jupiter with the aid of the newly invented telescope (1610)

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William Bligh, British naval officer and former captain of the "HMS Bounty" died in London (1817)

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, first female full professor at Harvard University, died (1979)

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Martin Van Buren elected 8th president of the U.S.(1836)

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