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1898: U.S. annexes Hawaii 1990: First 'Three Tenors' concert 2013: Brit Andy Murray wins Wimbledon

FILE - President Reagan presents his Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O’Connor to members of the press in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, in this July 15, 1981, photo, prior to their Oval Office meeting. FILE - President Reagan presents his Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O’Connor to members of the press in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, in this July 15, 1981, photo, prior to their Oval Office meeting.

In 1865, four people were hanged in Washington, D.C. for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln: Lewis Powell , David Herold, George Atzerodt and Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the federal government. United States Military Academy graduating cadets salute during commencement ceremonies in 2017, in West Point, N.Y.

In 2005, terrorist bombings in three Underground stations and a double-decker bus killed 52 victims and four bombers in the worst attack on London since World War II.

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