1826
Presidential rivals to the end
Former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.
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1776
The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain.
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1831
Former president James Monroe died.
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1845
Henry David Thoreau moved into his shack on Walden Pond.
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1862
Lewis Carroll first told the story of Alice's Adventures Underground to the Liddell sisters.
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1884
The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States in Paris.
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1895
Katharine Lee Bates published America the Beautiful.
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1939
Lou Gehrig, stricken with ALS, made his farewell at Yankee Stadium.
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1976
The United States celebrated its bicentennial.
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1997
The U.S. Pathfinder probe landed on Mars.
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2012
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, announced the discovery of a new particle with properties consistent with the Higgs boson.
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