1783: Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America.

1789: Electors unanimously made George Washington the first president of the United States.

1861: Delegates from six southern states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and South Carolina) formed the Confederate States of America.

1974: Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, CA by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

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