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1844 – The original date predicted by William Miller of Massachusetts for the return of Christ and the end of the world.

1865 – Battle of Bentonville (NC) ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman.

1907 – US sends troops to Honduras to halt the Nicaraguan army takeover.

1913 – Flood in Ohio, kills 400.

1924 – Massachusetts Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set us in US.

1925 – Tennessee Governor Austin Peay passes the “Butler Act,” making Tennessee the 1st state to outlaw teaching the theory of evolultion (repealed 1967)

1940 – “Rebecca” based on the book by Daphne du Mauier, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine premieres in Miami, Florida (Best Picture 1941)

1947 – US President Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States.

1951 – 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea.

1952 – Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock & roll concert ever.

1959 – 21st NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia, 71-70; West Virginia Hall of Fame point guard Jerry West is named MVP.

1961 – Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)

1963 – Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay is closed.

1972 – US Supreme Court rules states can’t require 1 year residency to vote.

1980 – On TV show “Dallas”, J.R. is shot.

1985 – Arthur Ashe is nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

1990 – “Cat on a Hot Tim Roof” opens at Eugene O’Neill Theater NYC for 149 performances.

2018 – Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg admits they “made mistakes” after data on 50 million users is harvested by Cambridge Analytica.

2019 – Levi Strauss & Company is traded publicly for the second time in its history on the New York stock exchange.

2018 – Austin bombing suspect mark Conditt kills himself in chase with police in Austin, Texas.

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