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On June 30th... 1564 French Huguenots established Fort Caroline at what is now Jacksonville, Florida. 1785 James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, died. 1854 The U.S. Senate ratified the Gadsden Treaty, confirming the purchase of land from Mexico that now forms the southernmost portions of Arizona and New Mexico (the Gadsden Purchase). 1879 Actor Walter Hampden was born. 1906 The Pure Food and Drug Act of the United States became law. 1943 The Works Progress Administration went out of existence. 1958 The U.S. Congress approved the admittance of Alaska to the Union. |
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