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|text=*1870 – Hiram Rhodes Revels (pictured), a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.

• 1888 – John Foster Dulles, American politician, former United States Senator from New York, and 52nd United States Secretary of State, is born.
• 1919 – Oregon places a 1 cent per U.S. gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.
• 1928 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, DC becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
• 1933 – The {{USS|Ranger|CV-4|6}} is launched. It is the first US Navy ship to be built solely as an aircraft carrier.

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