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Today in American History - July 28

By Martin Kelly, About.com

Events:

1868 - The 14th amendment to the Constitution was adopted.

1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia beginning World War I

1945 - A B-52 bomber accidentally crashed into the side of the Empire State Building.

1965 - Lyndon B. Johnson sent 50,000 US ground troops to Vietnam

Births:

1929 - Jacqueline Kennedy

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