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| 1227 |
The Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan died. |
| 1587 |
Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil, on what is now Roanoke Island, N.C. |
| 1846 |
U.S. forces led by Gen. Stephen W. Kearny captured Santa Fe, N.M. |
| 1914 |
President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I. |
| 1963 |
James Meredith became the first African-American to graduate from the University of Mississippi. |
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| 1969 |
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, N.Y., concluded with a mid-morning set by Jimi Hendrix. |
| 1983 |
Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 22 dead and causing more than a billion dollars in damage. |
| 1988 |
Indiana Sen. Dan Quayle was nominated as George H.W. Bush’s running mate during the Republican National Convention in New Orleans. |
| 1991 |
Soviet hard-liners launched a coup aimed at toppling President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who was vacationing in the Crimea. |
| 1997 |
Virginia Military Institute admitted a female student for the first time in its 158-year history. |
| 2005 |
A judge in Wichita, Kan., sentenced BTK serial killer Dennis Rader to 10 consecutive life terms. |
| 2008 |
Pervez Musharraf resigned as the president of Pakistan amid efforts by opposition lawmakers to seek his impeachment. |
