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1897 – Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ is published (More info)
1927 – Henry Ford and his son Edsel drive the 15 millionth Model T Ford out of their factory, marking the famous automobile’s official last day of production (More info)
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1925 – John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution (More info)
1968 – The St. Louis Arch is dedicated (More info)
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1775 – John Hancock is elected president of the Second Continental Congress (More info)
1844 – Samuel Morse transmits the first telegraph message: “What hath God wrought?” (More info)
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1701 – William Kidd, popularly known as Captain Kidd, is hanged for piracy and murder (More info)
1911 – The New York Public Library is dedicated (More info)
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1906 – The Wright brothers are granted a US patent for their “Flying Machine” (More info)
1947 – The Truman Doctrine provides aid to Greece and Turkey in an effort to combat the spread of Communism (More info)
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1881 – The American Red Cross is founded (More info)
1927 – Charles Lindbergh completes the world’s first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis (More info)
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1609 – Shakespeare’s sonnets are first published (More info)
1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a US patent for blue jeans with copper rivets (More info)