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The French and Indian War ends.
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Jefferson Davis learns he is president
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Herbert Hoover marries Lou Henry
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U.S. Secretary of War, Lindley M. Garrison, resigns.
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Japanese submarine bombards Midway
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, chronicler of Merican frontier life, dies.
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Viet Cong blows up U.S. barracks
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Ziggy Stardust makes his debut
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Garry Kasparov loses a chess game to the computer, Deep Blue.
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Shirley Temple dies at age 85