1917
America joins the Great War
President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany.
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1513
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida.
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1792
Congress authorized the first U.S. mint, in Philadelphia.
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1865
Confederate president Jefferson Davis and most of his cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.
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1870
Victoria Claflin Woodhull announced her candidacy for president of the United States.
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1932
Charles Lindbergh paid a $50,000 ransom for the return of his kidnapped son.
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1982
Argentina seized the Falkland Islands from Britain
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2005
Pope John Paul II died.
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