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| 1863 |
The Civil War Battle of Gettysburg began. |
| 1867 |
Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain. |
| 1898 |
Theodore Roosevelt and his “Rough Riders” waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. |
| 1916 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower married Mary “Mamie” Geneva Doud in Denver. |
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| 1943 |
“Pay-as-you-go” income tax withholding began. |
| 1961 |
Britain’s Princess Diana was born Diana Spencer near Sandringham, England. |
| 1963 |
The U.S. Post Office introduced five-digit ZIP codes. |
| 1969 |
Britain’s Prince Charles was invested as the prince of Wales. |
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| 1984 |
The Motion Picture Association of America established the “PG-13” rating. |
| 1987 |
President Ronald Reagan nominated federal appeals court judge Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court. (Bork was later rejected by the Senate.) |
| 1991 |
President George H.W. Bush nominated federal appeals court judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. |
| 1997 |
Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony. |
| 2000 |
Vermont’s civil unions law went into effect, granting gay couples most of the rights, benefits and responsibilities of marriage. |
| 2004 |
Actor Marlon Brando died at age 80. |
| 2010 |
At least two suicide bombers attacked a popular Muslim shrine in Pakistan’s second largest city, Lahore, killing some three dozen people. |
| 2011 |
In Minnesota, a three-week state government shutdown began after legislators could not agree on a budget. |
