Events:
1684 - Final session of the New England Confederation
1774 - First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia
1795 - America signed a treaty with the Dey of Algiers which resulted in annual tribute payments to stop the Barbary pirates from attacking American shipping.
1865 - At the end of the Civil War, South Carolina repealed its ordinance of secession.
1914 - In an extremely important battle during World War I, the French stop the Germans at the Battle of the Marne.
Births:
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