Lord Lee
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1900 - International forces entered Beijing in an effort to suppress the Boxer Rebellion. 1935 - The Social Security Act became law. 1945 - Japan surrendered to the United States, ending World War II. 1947 - Pakistan became independent of British rule. 1995 - Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at the Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina. 2003 - The largest blackout in North American history hit the Northeast.
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August 10th: 1821 - Missouri became the 24th state in the United States. 1846 - The Smithsonian Institution was established in Washington, D.C., from funds left by British scientist James Smithson. 1921 - Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio. 1944 - U.S. forces siezed Guam from Japan. 1948 - Candid Camera with Allen Funt debuted on television. 1988 - President Reagan signed a bill that awarded $20,000 to each survivor of the Japanese-American internment. 1993 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female U.S. Supreme Court justice.
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