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1834 - Provisional government established in Oregon Country.

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1861 - Engagement at Carthage, Missouri.

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1865 - William P. Wood becomes first chief of the US Secret Service.

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1935 - President Franklin Roosevelt signs the National Labor Relations Act.

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1936 - 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record hot).

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1937 - 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record).

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1945 - American General Douglas MacArthur announces the liberation of the Philippines.

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1950 - Private Kenneth Shadrick of West Virginia becomes first US fatality in Korean War.

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1951 - Junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA.

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1966 - National Guard mobilizes in Omaha, Nebraska after third night of rioting.

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