1871
Fires in the Midwest
The Great Fire of Chicago started. That same day in Peshtigo, Wis., the worst forest fire in U.S. history also began.
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1869
The 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, died in Concord, N.H.
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1934
Bruno Hauptmannn was indicted for the murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby.
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1945
President Harry Truman announced the U.S. would share the secret of the atomic bomb only with Great Britain and Canada.
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1956
Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the first and only perfect game in a World Series.
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2004
Martha Stewart began her prison sentence at Alderson Federal Prison Camp.
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2005
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake centered in the Pakistani-controlled part of the Kashmir region killed more than 80,000 and injured 65,000.
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