Claude Pepper 1900
- 1565 - A Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, FL.
- 1892 - An early version of "The Pledge of Allegiance" appeared in "The Youth's Companion."
- 1935 - U.S. Senator Huey P. Long, "The Kingfish" of Louisiana politics, was shot and mortally wounded. He died two days later.
- 1974 - U.S. President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former U.S. President Nixon.
- 1975 - In Boston, MA, public schools began their court-ordered citywide busing program amid scattered incidents of violence.
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