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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1775 – Congress establishes the United States Post Office and names Benjamin Franklin the first US Postmaster General (More info) 1908 – The Office of the Chief Examiner, which later becomes the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is created (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1946 – Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team at Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey (More info) 1965 – Bob Dylan goes electric as he plugs in at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI (More info) 1847 – Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act (More info) 1969 – Apollo 11, the first manned space mission to land on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1799 – The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard (More info) 1870 – Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1789 – The storming and destruction of Bastille marks the beginning of the French Revolution (More info) 1798 – The Sedition Act becomes law in the United States, making it a federal crime to write, publish or utter false or malicious statements about the US government (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1863 – In New York City, opponents of the draft begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in US history (More info) 1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Los Angeles; it originally reads Hollywoodland but the four last letters are dropped after a 1949 renovati

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace (More info) 1812 – The United States invades Canada at Windsor, Ontario (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1798 – The United States Marine Corps is re-established after being disbanded following the Revolutionary War (More info) 1804 – Former US Vice President Aaron Burr fatally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1913 – Death Valley, California hits 134 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest temperature ever recorded in the United States (More info) 1925 – A high school science teacher named John T. Scopes, accused of teaching evolution in violation of Tennessee law, is prosecuted in what would come to be known as the Scopes Monkey T

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1850 – President Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the US, dies after only 16 months in office (More info) 1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African-Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law (More info) 1900 – Queen Victor

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1776 – The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence happens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after which the Liberty Bell is rung (More info) 1777 – Vermont becomes the first colony to abolish slavery (More info)