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On this day for the United States
Events
1765 - The British
House of Lords passes the
Stamp Act to tax the American colonies.
1775 -
Thomas Paine 's "African Slavery in America" was published. It was the first article in the United States calling for the emancipation of all slaves and the abolition of slavery.
1782 -
Gnadenhütten massacre : Some 90
Native Americans in
Gnadenhutten ,
Ohio , who had converted to
Christianity had their
skulls crushed with
mallets by
Pennsylvanian
militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
1817 - The
New York Stock Exchange is founded.
1854 - U.S. Commodore
Matthew C. Perry makes his second landing in
Japan , where he will conclude a treaty with the Japanese within a month.
1862 -
American Civil War : The iron-clad
CSS Virginia (formerly
USS Merrimack ) is launched at
Hampton Roads ,
Virginia .
1884 -
Susan B. Anthony addresses the
U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment to the
U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote. Anthony's argument came 16 years after legislators had first introduced a federal
women's suffrage amendment.
1894 - The state of
New York enacts the nation's first dog-licensing law.
1917 - The
U.S. Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the
cloture rule .
1924 -
Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near
Castle Gate, Utah .
1936 - The first
stock car race is held in
Daytona Beach, Florida .
1943 - World War II:
Japanese troops counter-attack
American forces on
Hill 700 in
Bougainville in a battle that will last five days.
1957 - The
1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress , which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th & 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
1965 -
Vietnam War : 3,500
United States Marines arrive in
South Vietnam , becoming the first
American combat troops in
Vietnam .
1971 -
Joe Frazier becomes the undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion by winning a unanimous 15-round decision over
Muhammad Ali at
Madison Square Garden in New York.
1983 -
40th President of the United States
Ronald Reagan calls the
Soviet Union an
evil empire
1983 - The
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses a
nuclear weapons freeze with the
Soviet Union , a move denounced by U.S. President
Ronald Reagan .
1999 - The
Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of
Timothy McVeigh for the
Oklahoma City bombing .