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December 20

Samuel Slater built the nation's first cotton mill in Pawtucket, R.I.

The United States purchased the Louisiana territory from France for $15 million.

South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union.

Author John Steinbeck died at age 66.

The United States invaded Panama and installed a new government but failed to capture General Manuel Antonio Noriega.

Astronomer Carl Sagan died at age 62.

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