Today in American History - June 16

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Events:

1763 - Chief Pontiac destroyed a British garrison at Fort Venango.

1858 - Abraham Lincoln gave his "House Divided" speech in which he stated that a government can not endure half slave and half free

1935 - The Social Security Act was passed by the House of Representatives as part of the New Deal.

Deaths:

1977 - Werner Von Braun, German born rocket scientist

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