TODAY IN HISTORY

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1859 Oregon admitted as 33rd state of the Union

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1950-Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released

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1862 Fort Donelson is captured by General Ulysses S. Grant following the surrender of around 12,000 Confederate soldiers.

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1801 US House of Representatives breaks electoral college tie by electing Thomas Jefferson as President over Aaron Burr.

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1885 Mark Twain publishes the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the US.

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1725

New Hampshire militiamen partake in the first recorded scalping of Indians by whites in North America.

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1947 1st instant developing camera demonstrated by Edwin Land at the Optical Society of America in NYC

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1876 Johns Hopkins University opens

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1980 Rangers score 5 power-play goals against Islanders

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1964 Muhammad Ali becomes world heavyweight champion

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1994

U.S. warplanes shoot down four Serb aircraft over Bosnia in the first NATO use of force in the troubled area.

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1988 - Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) got his 1,050th assist to become the NHL's all-time assist leader. Gordie Howe had held the record for 26 years.

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1945 George Nissen of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, receives a patent for the first modern trampoline

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1864 Ulysses S. Grant is appointed commander of the Union Army.

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1877 American Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs after inventing them at age 15

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1954 Milwaukee Braves future home run king Hank Aaron homers in his debut exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox

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1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st professional baseball team

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1985 Two-time Cy Young Award winner Denny McLain is convicted of embezzlement and drug trafficking; sentenced to 25 years but conviction later reversed

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1988 Then highest scoring NCAA basketball game to date; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115

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1942 2 black players, Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out