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In 1776, The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress. The United States officially declares independence from Great Britain.
1802, At West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy opens.
1803, The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
1826, Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams, second president of the United States, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence.
1837, Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
1838, The Iowa Territory is organized.
1863, Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
1863, The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signaling an end to the Southern invasion of the North.
1886, The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.
1939, Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself 'The luckiest man on the face of the earth', then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
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