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Today in American History - January 5

By Martin Kelly, About.com

Events:
1781 - Richmond, Virginia was burned during the Revolutionary War by British forces with the aid of Benedict Arnold.
Births:
1779 - Zebulon Pike

1779 - Stephen Decatur
Deaths:
1933 - Calvin Coolidge

1943 - George Washington Carver
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