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Today in History highlights from 1925 onward
A compendium of notable events across years including the Holland business girls meeting plans, de Soto's death in 1542, the 1863 organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic flight, Earhart's 1932 solo, Bogart and Bacall marriage, Pieta damage in 1972, White's 1979 conviction, Gandhi's 1991 assassination, Thurston High School shooting, Suharto's resignation, Obama on Guantanamo in 2009, VA misconduct stance, and Wendell Scott's NASCAR Hall of Fame milestone.
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Hernando de Soto
Mississippi River
Ulysses S. Grant
Chicago
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Bobby Franks
University of Chicago
Nathan Leopold Jr
Richard Loeb
Bobby
Charles A. Lindbergh
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Malabar Farm
Lucas
Ohio
Bogart
Michelangelo
Vatican
Jesus Christ
San Francisco
Dan White
George Moscone
Harvey Milk
White
Rajiv Gandhi
Thurston High School
Springfield
Oregon
Suharto
Senate
Guantanamo
Barack Obama
Obama
Dick Cheney
Wendell Scott
Nascar Hall of Fame