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During the U.S. Civil War, the first day’s fighting at Gettysburg
began on this day in 1863.

The first peacetime detonation of a nuclear bomb happened on
Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean on this day in 1946.

During the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt and his
"Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in
Cuba on this day in 1898.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)

Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Spencer) 
(July 1, 1961 – August 31, 1997)

The sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred from Great Britain
to China on this day in 1997. Britain had controlled Hong Kong as a colony for 156 years.

It was on this day in 2004.

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It was on this day in 1964.

On this day in 1834, Cyrus McCormick patented the first practical mechanical reaper for farming. His invention allowed farmers to
more than double their crop size.

On this day in 1982, a federal jury found John W. Hinckley Jr. not guilty of attempting to assassinate the president because he was legally insane at
the time he shot President Reagan and three others on March 30, 1981.

President Reagan waves, then looks up before being shoved (AP)
into Presidential limousine by Secret Service agents after
being shot outside a hotel in Washington in 1981.                

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On this day in 1893.

Alexandrina Victoria (May 24,1819 – January 22, 1901)  

On this day in 1837,Queen Victoria ascended the British throne
following the death of her uncle, King William IV.  Her reign of
63 years and seven months is known as the Victorian era and
was longer than that of any of her predecessors.

It was on this day in 1967.

The Steven Spielberg movie premiered on this day in 1975.

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It was on this day in 1904.

King Hussein of Jordan married 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who
became Queen Noor on this day in 1978.

Ella Fitzgerald died this day in 1996.

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Astronaut Ed White: First American Spacewalker on this day in
1965.

Edward Higgins "Ed" White II
(November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967)

It was on this day in 1989.

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor after their wedding
at the Chateau de Cande near Tours, France, on this
day in 1937. 

Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) Writer and poet