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Events
- 1774 – Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
- 1858 – Abraham Lincoln's House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
- 1897 – A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
- 1903 – Ford Motor Company incorporates.
- 1911 – A 772 gram stony meteorite struck earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
- 1977 – Oracle Corporation was incorporated in Redwood Shores, California as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
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