Events:
1776 - The Battle of Long Island during the Revolutionary War resulted in the defeat of the colonists
1814 - James Monroe was named Secretary of War
1859 - The first oil well in the country was set up in Pennsylvania by Edwin Drake.
1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed by the US and 15 other nations
Births:
1871 - Theodore Dreiser born
1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson born
Deaths:
1963 - W.E.B. DuBois died
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