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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War ends. -
Civil War
Jefferson Davis learns he is president -
Presidential
Herbert Hoover marries Lou Henry -
World War I
U.S. Secretary of War, Lindley M. Garrison, resigns. -
World War II
Japanese submarine bombards Midway -
Literary
Laura Ingalls Wilder, chronicler of Merican frontier life, dies. -
Vietnam War
Viet Cong blows up U.S. barracks -
Music
Ziggy Stardust makes his debut -
Chess
Garry Kasparov loses a chess game to the computer, Deep Blue. -
Hollywood
Shirley Temple dies at age 85