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- 1850 - The first life insurance policy for a woman was issued. Carolyn Ingraham, 36 years old, bought the policy in Madison, NJ.
- 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
- 1954 - Two automatic toll collectors were placed in service on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey.
- 1959 - Ford Motor Co. announced it was ending the production of the unpopular Edsel.
- 1970 - Hafiz al-Assad seized power in Syria.
- 1993 - The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping $22.3 billion anti-crime measure.
- 2007 - The Amazon Kindle was first released.
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