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| 1565 | A Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, Fla. |
| 1664 | The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York. |
| 1900 | Galveston, Texas, was struck by a hurricane that killed about 6,000 people. |
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| 1921 | Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., was crowned the first Miss America in Atlantic City, N.J. |
| 1930 | The comic strip "Blondie" by Chic Young was first published. |
| 1935 | Sen. Huey P. Long, the "Kingfish" of Louisiana politics, was shot at the state capital building in Baton Rouge; he died two days later.
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| 1941 | A 900-day siege of Leningrad by German forces began during World War II. |
| 1966 | The TV series "Star Trek" premiered on NBC. |
| 1975 | Boston's public schools began a court-ordered citywide busing program amid scattered incidents of violence. |
| 1998 | Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals broke Roger Maris' record for home runs in a single season, hitting No. 62 off Chicago Cubs pitcher Steve Trachsel. |
| 2002 | Pete Sampras won a record 14th grand slam tennis title at the U.S. Open in New York. |
| 2004 | "60 Minutes Wednesday" aired a report questioning President George W. Bush's National Guard service. CBS News later apologized for a "mistake in judgment" after memos featured in the report were challenged as forgeries. |
| 2006 | A Senate report faulted intelligence gathering in the lead-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. |
| 2009 | A U.N.-backed commission said it had found "convincing evidence" of fraud in Afghanistan's presidential election. |
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