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Anniversary list marks key American figures and events
Know America Today's Anniversaries recalls J Meigs born in Middletown Conn died 1823 Deborah Sampson born Plymouth Mass died 1827 Joseph Henry Albany born died 1878 Whittier Haverhill born died 1892 Frederick Lander Salem born died 1862 Alexander Agassiz Switzerland died 1910 historic Milligan decision 1956 Cleveland Venezuela 1895 Wright brothers 1903 Rhode Island Prohibition 1919 House famine aid 1921 Billy Mitchell court martial 1925 Roosevelt censorship 1941 Arawa beachhead 1943 US treaty 1947
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J. Meigs
Connecticut
Jeader
John Greenleaf Whither
New England
Haverhill
Mass
Frederick W. Lander
Salem
Alexander Agassiz
Ametca
Harvard
Switzerland
Telay
Milligan
US Supreme Court
Congress
Venezuela
Cleveland
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Rhode Island
U. S Supreme Court
U. S House
William
Billy
Mitchell
Roosevelt
Arawa
New Britain
United States