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Today in history

1777: France recognized American independence.

1903: Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, went on the first successful manned powered-airplane flights, near Kitty Hawk, N.C., using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer.

1939: The Germans scuttled pocket battleship “Graf Spee,” ending the World War II Battle of the River Plate off Uruguay.

1975: Lynette Fromme was sentenced in Sacramento, Calif., to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Ford.

1992: President Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed the North American Free Trade treaty.

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