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Mark Twain published "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
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It was a mass attack upon a group of African Americans in the courthouse room or on the courthouse grounds that left ten dead and another thirteen deaths resulting from wounds.
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Republican William McKinley defeats William Jennings Bryan. The event is viewed by some as a realigning election for the United States Republican Party.
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Galveston hurricane leaves an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 dead.
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Jack Johnson became the first black boxer to win the Heavyweight Boxing Championship when he knocked out the reigning champion Tommy Burns.
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the Germans launched a successful counter-attack against the French.
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On September 16, 1920, a horse-drawn cart carrying a massive, improvised explosive was detonated on the busiest corner on Wall Street.
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The stock market crash of October 29, 1929, provided a dramatic end to an era of unprecedented, and unprecedentedly lopsided, prosperity.
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Signs the Social Security Act into law
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It was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign up until that date.
