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1998 – Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in largest high–tech acquisition. 2001 – Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing . 2002 – Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress .
Cayuse War, November 29, 1847 – June 11, 1855 Walla Walla Treaty, June 11, 1855; The southeastern portion of the Territory of Wisconsin is admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin (the 30th state) on May 29, 1848. The remainder of the Wisconsin Territory becomes unorganized. The Territory of Oregon is organized, August 14, 1848
1876 – Alfred L. Kroeber, American-French anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 1960) 1877 – Renée Vivien, English-French poet and author (d. 1909) 1879 – Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (d. 1944) 1880 – Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (d. 1973) 1881 – Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (d ...
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1914 – Around 2,000 members of European society attended a ball at Kenwood House, England, in one of the last major social events before the outbreak of the First World War. 1963 – The University of Alabama was desegregated as Governor George Wallace stepped aside after defiantly blocking the entrance to an auditorium (pictured) .
June 4 – The Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California via the First Transcontinental Railroad, 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City. June 11 – Rutherford B. Hayes selected by the Republicans as presidential candidate.
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U.S. troops fought in Afghanistan longer than in any other war. Here's a look at major events over the last two decades.