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Show YK8TEKDAV IN IHsiTOUY-JULy 20. 1081 Death of Robert the Wiss, king ot Franc j boru97l. 1804-Birth of Petrarch, Italian poet; died July 18, 1874. 1850 Daniel Webster appointed secretary of state, Fillmore's administration; died Oct 84, ISM. 1860 Garibaldi defeated the Neapolitans at Mel-lazlo, Mel-lazlo, Sicily. 1861 The Confederate congress met at Richmond, Rich-mond, Va. 1804 Confederate make their first sortie at Peach tree Creek, near Atlanta, under Gen. Hood, their new commander. Result undecisive. unde-cisive. 1864 Battle at Winchester, Va, Confederates de-featod. de-featod. 1870 M. Prevost Paradol, French minister at Washington, committed suicide, aged 41. 1877 Great riot of railway strikers In Baltimore; troops called out and several persons killed and wounded. The riotous feeling extended elsewhere. In Pittsburg 136 locomotives, 2,500 cars laden with freight destroyed; 100 lives lost. Money loss over $3,000,000. 1888- M. W. Fuller confirmed as chief justice of the United States supreme court. 1889 Edinburgh extended the freedom of the city to Charles ParndL |