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American Revolution
1775 Congress issues a “Declaration on the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms” -
Civil War
1864 Confederate General Jubal Early occupies Hagerstown -
World War I
1918 Czech troops take Russian port of Vladivostok for Allies -
Sports
1933 Major League Baseball’s first All-Star Game is held -
Crime
1946 George “Bugs” Moran is arrested -
Presidential
1946 George Walker Bush is born -
Vietnam War
1955 Diem says South Vietnam not bound by Geneva Agreements -
Lead Story
1957 Althea Gibson is first African American to win Wimbledon -
Automotive
Automotive
1958 Juan Manuel Fangio bids goodbye to Grand Prix racing in France -
cold war
1963 U.S. policymakers express optimism -
Disaster
1988 Explosion on North Sea oil rig
