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1941:American photographer Ansel Adams snaps one of the most famous shots in the history of photography, "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico."
1938: In a match race heard by an estimated 40 million radio listeners, "underdog" racehorse Seabiscuit crosses the finish line four lengths ahead of Triple Crown winner War Admiral at the Pimlico Special in Baltimore, winning an event billed as the "Match of the Century."
1950: President Harry S. Truman survives an assassination attempt by Puerto Rican nationalists Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola at Blair House in Washington, D.C. Truman is unharmed in the shooting, but Collazo and White House policeman Leslie Coffelt are killed.
1982:Honda: first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States
1870:US Weather Bureau makes its first official meteorological forecast.
1520:The Strait of Magellan discovered
1555:After being persecuted in France, the Huguenots found a colony in Brazil.
1985: Microsoft launched Microsoft Windows
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