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| | | | 1776: The American Continental Congress votes to approve the Declaration of Independence, in which the American colonies proclaim their separation from Britain.
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1845: Writer Henry David Thoreau moves to a small hut by Walden Pond in Massachusetts, where he lives alone for two years, writing a journal that is published as Walden in 1854.
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1884: On the 100 years anniversary of American independence, France gives the Statue of Liberty to the United States.
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1934: Chemist Marie Curie, who discovered radium, dies of leukemia, a disease caused by prolonged exposure to radiation during her research.
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1976: A midnight Israeli commando raid at Entebbe airport in Uganda, planned by future prime minister Ehud Barak, frees more than 100 hostages from an airliner hijacked by pro-Palestinian guerrillas.
Learn more about Ehud Barak.
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| | | | Who am I? I was born on this day in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. I wrote The Scarlet Letter.
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