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August 10, 1846
After a decade of debate about how best to spend a bequest left to America from an obscure English scientist, President James K. Polk signs the... MORE >
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1986: Race held behind Iron Curtain
1861: Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri
1949: Truman signs National Security Bill
1981: Child found decapitated
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1900: Norma Shearer born
1948: Candid Camera debuts
1950: Sunset Boulevard premieres
1912: Virginia and Leonard Woolf marry
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1955: Diem refuses to negotiate with Communists
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1914: German ships Goeben and Breslau reach Constantinople
1945: Japan accepts Potsdam terms, agrees to unconditional surrender
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