Franz Kafka 1883 - Author
- 1608 - The city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain.
- 1775 - U.S. Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, MA.
- 1844 - Ambassador Caleb Cushing successfully negotiated a commercial treaty with China that opened five Chinese ports to U.S. merchants and protected the rights of American citizens in China.
- 1863 - The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, PA, ended after three days. It was a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated.
- 1930 - The U.S. Congress created the U.S. Veterans Administration.
- 1934 - U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) made its first payment to Lydia Losiger.
- 1954 - Food rationing ended in Great Britain almost nine years after the end of World War II.
- 1986 - U.S. President Reagan presided over a ceremony in New York Harbor that saw the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty.
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