In 1606, the Dutch painter Rembrandt was born in Leiden, the Netherlands.
In 1870, Georgia became the last of the Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
In 1918, the Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered U.S. Marines to Lebanon at the request of that country's Christian president, Camille Chamoun, in the face of a perceived threat from Moslem rebels.
In 1964, Senator Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona was nominated for president by the Republican National Convention, meeting in San Francisco.
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"Conform and be dull."
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J. Frank Dobie, American folklorist and author (1888-1964)