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- 1776 - The American Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops in New York.
- 1789 - In Versailles, the French National Assembly declared itself the Constituent Assembly and began to prepare a French constitution.
- 1816 - Argentina declared independence from Spain.
- 1868 - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment was designed to grant citizenship to and protect the civil liberties of recently freed slaves.
- 1951 - U.S. President Truman asked Congress to formally end the state of war between the United States and Germany.
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