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| 1775 | The United States Army was founded. |
| 1777 | The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag. |
| 1811 | Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," was born in Litchfield, Conn. |
| 1846 | A group of U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaimed the Republic of California. |
| 1922 | Warren G. Harding became the first president heard on radio, as Baltimore station WEAR broadcast his speech dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial at Fort McHenry. |
| 1928 | The Republican National Convention nominated Herbert Hoover for president. |
| 1940 | The Nazis opened a concentration camp at Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland. |
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| 1943 | The Supreme Court ruled schoolchildren could not be compelled to salute the flag of the United States if doing so would conflict with their religious beliefs. |
| 1954 | President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an order adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance. |
| 1982 | Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the disputed Falkland Islands. |
| 1985 | A 17-day hijack ordeal began when a pair of Lebanese Shiite Muslim extremists seized TWA Flight 847 shortly after takeoff from Athens, Greece. |
| 2002 | American Roman Catholic bishops adopted a policy to bar sexually abusive clergy from face-to-face contact with parishioners but keep them in the priesthood. |
| 2007 | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared an emergency after the Hamas militant group effectively took control of the Gaza Strip. |
| 2009 | Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson broke Red Auerbach's record by winning his 10th NBA title. |
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