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1789 – James Madison introduces 12 proposed amendments to the US Constitution, 10 of which later become the Bill of Rights (More info)
1948 – Milton Berle hosts the debut of ‘Texaco Star Theater’ (More info)
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1776 – Richard Henry Lee introduces a resolution proposing a Declaration of Independence (More info)
1892 – Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the “whites-only” car of a train, leading to the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson court case (More info)
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1844 – The Young Men’s Christian Association, aka YMCA, is founded in London (More info)
1944 – Gen. Eisenhower gives the go-ahead for the Allied invasion of northern France, code named D-Day (More info)
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1933 – The United States takes itself off the gold standard (More info)
1947 – US Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe in what would come to be known as the Marshall Plan (More info)
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1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run (More info)
1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded (More info)
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1967 – The Beatles release their landmark album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ (More info)
1974 – The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is first published (More info)