1215
"We will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right."
King John sealed the Magna Carta.
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1775
George Washington was appointed head of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress.
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1836
Arkansas became the 25th state in the United States.
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1844
Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for rubber vulcanization.
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1849
James Polk, the 11th president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tennessee.
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1923
Lou Gehrig made his New York Yankee debut as a pinch runner.
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1992
Vice President Dan Quayle's "potatoe" spelling incident.
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1996
Ella Fitzgerald, the ''first lady of song,'' died in Beverly Hills, California.
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2002
Rolling Stone Mick Jagger was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.
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