-The dollar is chosen as the monetary unity for the United States, 1785
-The first convention of the United States Republican Party is held in Jackson, MI, 1854
-Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter, is born, 1907
-Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annex" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse, 1942
-Former U.S. President George W. Bush is born, 1946
-William Faulkner, American author and Nobel laureate, dies, 1962
-Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom, 1964
-Holiday: Statehood Day (Lithuania)
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