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1814
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1899
The treaty ending the Spanish-American War took effect.
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1921
Iowa imposed the first state cigarette tax.
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1945
Allies liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.
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1951
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1979
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was overthrown.
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1981
President Ronald Reagan returned to the White House after he was shot in an assassination attempt.
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2007
Science-fiction writer Kurt Vonnegut died in New York City at age 84.
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