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Anniversaries [embed into YOUR website!]
Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Jean-Noël Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2020)
Deaths (200 years ago today): 1826 – Joseph von Fraunhofer, German optician, physicist, and astronomer (born 1787)
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