Georgia became the 4th state to join the United States of America.
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The Moon was photographed for the first time.
The US & Canada agreed to divert the Niagara River to protect the Niagara Falls from eroding.
The Alemanni crossed the frozen Rhine in large numbers and invaded the Roman Empire.
Martin Luther King Jr. pushed hard to encourage the registration of black voters in Selma.
The Stardust space probe collected a sample of comet dust.
