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The state of Virginia passes a law requiring all freed slaves to leave the state, or risk either imprisonment or deportation. |
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| 1915 |
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The luxury liner Lusitania leaves New York Harbor for a voyage to Europe. |
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| 1931 |
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The Empire State Building opens in New York. |
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| 1941 |
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The film Citizen Kane–directed and starring Orson Welles–opens in New York. |
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| 1948 |
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North Korea is established. |
| 1950 |
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Gwendolyn Brooks becomes the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called Annie Allen. |
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| 1961 |
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Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba. |
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| 2011 |
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Osama Bin Laden is killed in Abbottabad Pakistan by US Navy SEALS in Operation Neptune Spear. |
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| 1493 |
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Philippus Paracelsus, physician and alchemist. |
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| 1769 |
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Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. |
| 1830 |
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Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, reformer and labor organizer. |
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| 1916 |
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Glenn Ford, actor (The Blackboard Jungle). |
| 1923 |
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Joseph Heller, American author (Catch 22). |
| 1924 |
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Terry Southern, novelist and screenwriter (Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider). |
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