1864 — The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that permitted the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
1889 — The Oklahoma Land Rush begins at noon, as tens of thousands of settlers race to claim land in what became Oklahoma Territory. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed.
1944 — World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station.
1954 — Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
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