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Today in history

  • 1872

    Walt Whitman – Invited to Dartmouth College to give the commencement address on June the 26th 1872 [Hanover, United States]

  • 1916

    Carl Sandburg – On the 26th of June 1916 Sandburg's daughter Janet is born [Harbert, Michigan, United States]

  • 1925

    Marcus Garvey – On June the 26th 1925 the Immigration and Naturalization Service issues a warrant for Garvey's deportation [New York, United States]

  • 1938

    James Weldon Johnson – Johnson died in 1938 at the age of 67 after the car his wife was driving was hit by a train. His funeral was held in Harlem and attracted thousands of people. [Wiscasset, Maine, United States]

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