Eisenhower signed a farm bill that allowed the government to store agricultural surplus.
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Joan of Arc was accused of reverting into heresy by donning male clothing again.
The Dionne quintuplets were born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne, who later became the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
Alan Turing submitted his paper 'On Computable Numbers' for publication, in which he set out the hypothetical basis for modern computers.
The second black regiment (54 Mass) left Boston to fight in US Civil War.
The women of Greece were given the right to vote.
