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  John Adams arrives in Paris to replace Silas Deane
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  Confederates rout Union at Battle of Mansfield
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  California road race kills five
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  WPA established by Congress
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  Barbara Kingsolver is born
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  Waltrip beats Petty in last-lap thriller
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  Twin Peaks premieres on ABC
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  Kurt Cobain is found dead
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  Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph agrees to plead guilty
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  Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister, dies
