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1866 – US House of representatives passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights).
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1800 – Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination in the US to his son to prevent smallpox.
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1861 – 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington and Mason St, San Francisco
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1943 – Actor Jackie Coogan (28) divorces actress Flower Parry after almost 2 years of marriage.
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1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar contract.
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1865 – The CSS Shenandoah fires the last shot of the American Civil War in the Bering Strait to indicate surrender.