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- 1846 – By an Act of Congress, a 39-square-mile (100 km2) area south of the Potomac River that had been a part of Washington, DC is returned to Virginia.
- 1850 – President Zachary Taylor dies sixteen months into his term in office and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.
- 1868 – The 14th Amendment is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and giving all persons in the United States due process of law.
- 1918 – In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides (pictured) with an outbound express train, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
- 1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking a world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
- 1962 – Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
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