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  He became king on this day.
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  U.S. enters World War II
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  It was built on this day.
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  John F. Kennedy was assasinated.
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  Hijacked planes crash into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in rural Pennsylvania. Thousands of lives are lost.