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On this day in 1781, Britain’s Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, handing a huge victory to American General George Washington and effectively ending the American Revolution and assuring America’s independence.
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On this day in 1917, women volunteers from the Salvation Army Deep Fried the First Doughnut during World War One for American troops in France.
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On this day in 1987, The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted nearly 23 percent, the largest one-day percentage drop in the stock market’s history.
