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Notable historical anniversaries marked on this day
A roundup of historical events tied to this date includes Jefferson Davis approving a war state in 1861, Henry David Thoreau's death in 1862, Arthur signing the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, Edward VII’s death in 1910, Doumer’s assassination in 1932, Stalin becoming Soviet premier in 1941, Bannister’s four minute mile in 1954, the Ethan Allen submarine test in 1962, Casey’s death in 1987, Gorbachev’s Westminster speech in 1992, Dietrich’s death in Paris, and Colby’s body found in 1996.
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Jefferson Davis
Confederate Congress
United States of America
Henry David Thoreau
Concord
Mass
Chester Alan Arthur
U.S
Arthur
Britain
Edward VII
George V
Paul Doumer
Paris
Paul Gorguloff
Josef Stalin
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Roger Bannister
Oxford
England
Ethan Allen
Pacific Ocean
CIA
William J. Casey
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Westminster College
Fulton
Winston Churchill
Gorbachev
Marlene Dietrich
William E. Colby
Maryland