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This Day in History Highlights From 1766 to 2024
A roundup of notable events across years including Britain repealing the Stamp Act in 1766, Grover Cleveland's birth in Caldwell New Jersey in 1837, Irving Berlin’s first major hit in 1911, Roosevelt Dam dedication, Judith Kaplan’s Bat Mitzvah in 1922, the New London Texas school gas explosion in 1937, FDR authorizing the War Relocation Authority in 1942, Hawaii statehood in 1959, Leonov’s 1965 spacewalk, oil embargo ending in 1974, Natasha Richardson’s death in 2009, fan death in 2000, Bob Woolmer’s death in 2007, Obama Libyan action in 2011, Yemen protests with deaths, Warren Christopher’s death, and Princess Antoinette’s death.
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Britain
United States
Grover Cleveland
Caldwell
N.J
Irving Berlin
Alexander
Ted Snyder & Co
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Arizona
Judith Kaplan
Society For the Advancement of Judaism
Childre
New London
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
War Relocation Authority
Milton Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhow
Hawaii
Alexei Leonov
Boston
Natasha Richardson
Canada
Brittanie Cecil
Columbus Blue Jackets
Calgary Flames
NHL
Pakistan
Bob Woolmer
Kingston
Jamaica
Woolmer
Barack Obama
Muammar Gaddafi
Yemen
Warren M. Christopher
Los Angeles
Princess Antoinette of
Monaco
Prince Rainier III