Devils Tower National Monument is celebrating its birthday today and, not only that; it's also celebrating the fact that it was the country's very first national monument.
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1878 – A yellow fever epidemic in Memphis eventually empties the city (More info)
1918 – Opha Mae Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the United States Marine Corps (More info)
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1926 – Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film (More info)
1967 – In Detroit, Mich., one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African-American inner city, leaving 43 killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned (More info
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1861 – Confederate forces win at Bull Run in the first major battle of the Civil War (More info)
1865 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown (More info)
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1903 – Ford Motor Company ships its first car (More info)
1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Ceylon — now Sri Lanka — is elected as Prime Minister, thus becoming the world’s first elected female head of government (More info)
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64 – A great fire begins that ultimately destroys most of Rome (More info)
1925 – Adolf Hitler publishes the first volume of his personal manifesto, ‘Mein Kampf’ (More info)
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1762 – Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III (More info)
1898 – Spain surrenders to the United States at Santiago, Cuba, ending the Spanish-American War (More info)
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1863 – In New York City, opponents of the draft begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in U.S. history (More info)
1923 – The Hollywood sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Los Angeles; it originally reads Hollywoodland but the four last letters are dropped after a 1949 renova
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1543 – King Henry VIII marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr (More info)
1861 – Wild Bill Hickok gains fame as a gunfighter after he coolly shoots three men in his first shootout (More info)
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1804 – Vice President Aaron Burr fatally wounds Alexander Hamilton in a duel (More info)
1922 – The Hollywood Bowl, one of the world’s largest natural amphitheaters, opens in Los Angeles (More info)
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1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run (More info)
1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded (More info)
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1775 – John Hancock is elected president of the Second Continental Congress (More info)
1844 – Samuel Morse transmits the first telegraph message: “What hath God wrought?” (More info)