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- 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
- 1928 - "Time" magazine presented its cover in color for the first time. The subject was Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
- 1954 - Two automatic toll collectors were placed in service on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey.
- 1969 - Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made man's second landing on the moon.
- 1993 - The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping $22.3 billion anti-crime measure. President Clinton signed the bill.
- 1994 - The U.N. Security Council authorized NATO to bomb rebel Serb forces striking from neighboring Croatia.
- 2007 - The Amazon Kindle was first released.
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