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  THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER IS PUBLISHED BY MARK TWAIN
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  COMPROMISE OF 1877 EMDS MILITARY OCCUPATION IN THE SOUTH
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  THOMAS EDISON PATENTS THE PHONOGRAPH
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  STANDARD TIME ZONES ARE ADOPTED BY RAILROADS
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  NEW YORK HARBOR RECIEVES THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
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  THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE WAS THE LAST MAJOR BATTLE BETWEEN US ARMY AND NATIVE AMERICANS
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  THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE IS PUBLISHED BY STEPHEN CRANE
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  FIRST PRO FOOTBALL GAME PLAYED AT LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA
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  JACK LONDON PUBLISHES THE CALL OF THE WILD
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  THE WRIGHT BROTHER STAY IN AIR AT 852 FEET IN THEIR AIRPLANE IN KTTY HAWKM, NORTH CAROLINA