Colonel Harland Sanders 1890
- 490 B.C. - The Battle of Marathon took place between the invading Persian army and the Athenian Army. The marathon race was derived from the events that occurred surrounding this battle.
- 1776 - The second Continental Congress officially made the term "United States", replacing the previous term "United Colonies."
- 1836 - Abraham Lincoln received his license to practice law.
- 1911 - Italy declared war on the Ottoman Turks and annexed Libya, Tripolitania, and Cyrenaica in North Africa.
- 1957 - The first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction was signed into law by U.S. President Republican Dwight Eisenhower.
- 1965 - French President Charles de Gaulle announced that France was withdrawing from NATO to protest the domination of the U.S. in the organization.
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