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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1962
Page
9
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May 29 marks several notes in history. Rhode Island ratified the U S Constitution in 1790. President Johnson issued an amnesty proclamation in 1865. John F Kennedy was born in 1917. Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norkay reached Everest in 1953. Patrick Henry born 1736. Moon phases and visible planets noted for the day.
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