1994
Mandela becomes president
Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president.
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1775
Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
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1863
Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died after being accidentally shot by his own troops.
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1869
The United States’ first transcontinental railroad was completed with a ceremony in Promontory Summit, Utah.
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1924
J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI.
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1940
Winston Churchill succeeded Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister.
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