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| 1541 | Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. |
| 1794 | Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was executed on the guillotine during France's Reign of Terror. |
| 1846 | The first major battle of the Mexican War was fought at Palo Alto, Texas, resulting in victory for Gen. Zachary Taylor's forces. |
| 1886 | Atlanta pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invented the flavor syrup for Coca-Cola. |
| 1944 | The first "eye bank" was established, in New York City. |
| 1945 | President Harry S. Truman announced in a radio address that World War II had ended in Europe.
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| 1958 | Vice President Richard Nixon was shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by anti-American protesters in Lima, Peru. |
| 1968 | Jim "Catfish" Hunter of the Oakland Athletics pitched a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins in Oakland. |
| 1970 | Construction workers broke up an anti-war protest on New York City's Wall Street. |
| 1970 | The album "Let It Be" by the Beatles was released. |
| 1973 | Militant American Indians who had held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered. |
| 1978 | David Berkowitz pleaded guilty in Brooklyn to the "Son of Sam" killings. |
| 1987 | Gary Hart, dogged by questions about his personal life, withdrew from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. |
| 1999 | The Citadel, South Carolina's formerly all-male military school, graduated its first female cadet. |
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