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Federal-Aid Highway Act was signed which begun the highway system
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the first transatlantic phone cable started operating
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Alaska is admitted into the U.S. as the 49th state
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On this day, the Daytona 500 race was run for the first time
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The Berlin Wall construction began on this day
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In Dallas, Texas, President John F. Kennedy was brutally wounded and later died
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On this day, the first Super Bowl was held in Los Angeles
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Disney World opened on this day in Orlando, Florida