1962
Glenn goes around the world
John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.
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1792
President George Washington signed the Post Office Act, establishing a permanent Post Office Department.
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1809
The Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.
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1895
Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, author, and orator, died.
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1998
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2003
A fire in a nightclub in Warwick, R.I., killed 100 and injured over 150.
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