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1908 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, clinching their last World Series to date (More info)
1912 – While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded (More info)
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1919 – President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed (More info)
1950 – Charles M. Schulz’s iconic comic strip, ‘Peanuts,’ is first published (More info)
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1865 – The Salvation Army is founded in London, England (More info)
1937 – The luncheon meat SPAM is introduced by the Hormel Foods Corporation (More info)
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1776 – The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress (More info)
1886 – The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States (More info)
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1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail (More info)
1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia (More info)
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1858 – Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln declares “a house divided against itself cannot stand” (More info)
1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated (More info)