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1893: Hawaiian monarchy overthrown.Acting for Hawaiian sugar interests and their American allies, a committee led by Sanford Ballard Dole deposed Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani this day in 1893 and installed a provisional government with Dole as president.More events on this day1943:British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt met at Casablanca, Morocco. |
1942:American professional boxer Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. |
1917:The United States purchased three of the Virgin Islands—St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix—from Denmark for $25 million. |
1899:American gangster Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York. |
1820:English poet and novelist Anne Brontë, sister of Charlotte and Emily Brontë, was born. |
1734:Augustus III was crowned king of Poland. |
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