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1706
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston.
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1806
James Madison Randolph, the grandson of Thomas Jefferson, became the first child born in the White House.
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1893
Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani was forced to abdicate by a group of planters and businessmen.
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1945
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody.
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1977
Gary Gilmore became the first person executed in the U.S. since the death penalty was reintroduced.
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1998
President Clinton became the first sitting U.S. president to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit.
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2001
Gov. Gray Davis declared a state of emergency concerning California's electricity crisis.
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