1832
Calhoun resigns as V.P.
John C. Calhoun became the first vice president in U.S. history to resign from office.
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1065
Westminster Abbey consecrated.
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1846
Iowa became the 29th state in the United States.
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1869
William F. Semple patented chewing gum.
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1895
The Lumiere Brothers gave the first commercial movie show at the Grand Cafe in Paris.
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1937
Composer Maurice Ravel died in Paris at age 62.
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1945
Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.
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1981
Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va.
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