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- 0064 - The Great Fire of Rome began.
- 1872 - The Ballot Act was passed in Great Britain, providing for secret election ballots.
- 1914 - Six planes of the U.S. Army helped to form an aviation division called the Signal Corps.
- 1932 - The U.S. and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.
- 1936 - The first Oscar Meyer Wienermobile rolled out of General Body Company’s factory in Chicago, IL.
- 1936 - The Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in Spanish North Africa.
- 1947 - U.S. President Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, which placed the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.
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