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1718- France declares war on Spain.
1877 – Connecticut becomes 5th state of the Union.
1857- 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon California.
1861- Mississippi secedes from the Union (US Civil War).
1945- US soldiers led by Gen Douglas MacArthur invade Philippines.
1951- The new United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York.
1960 – President Gamal Abdul-Nasser lays the foundation-stone of the Aswan High Dam.
Born Today :
1727- Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy).
1913 – Richard Nixon, California, 37th President of the United States.
Passed away:
1873-Emperor Napoleon III of France.
1961-Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate .
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