1944
Pacific territory
U.S. forces seized Guam from Japan.
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1821
Missouri became the 24th state in the United States.
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1846
The Smithsonian Institution was established in Washington, D.C., from funds left by British scientist James Smithson.
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1921
Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio at his summer home on Campobello island.
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1948
Candid Camera with Allen Funt debuted on television.
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1988
President Reagan signed a bill that awarded $20,000 to each survivor of the Japanese-American internment.
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1993
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female U.S. Supreme Court justice.
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