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1791 Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval
1877 Thomas Edison patents phonograph
1891 James Naismith invents basketball (Canada)
1939 "Gone With the Wind" premieres in Atlanta
1944 Bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel
1952 Christine Jorgenson is 1st person to undergo a sex-change operation
1973 American Psychiatric Assn declares homosexuality is not mental illness
1974 A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees)
2001 Italy's Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after a team of experts spent 11 years and $27 million to fortify the tower
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