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Events
- 1755 – French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition – British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat by French and Native American forces.
- 1846 – By an Act of Congress, the Washington, DC area south of the Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) is returned to Virginia.
- 1850 – President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson ends.
- 1868 – The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
- 1918 – Great train wreck of 1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
- 1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking a world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
- 1944 – World War II: Battle of Saipan – Americans take Saipan.
- 1982 – A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 146 people on board and eight others on the ground.