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Today in history

1765: The Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, drew up a declaration of rights and liberties.

1781: British troops under Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va., as the American Revolution neared its end.

1812: French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte began their retreat from Moscow.

1944: The Navy announced that black women would be allowed into Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (the WAVES).

1950: United Nations forces entered the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.

1960: The United States imposed an embargo on exports to Cuba covering all commodities except medical supplies and certain food products.

1977: The supersonic Concorde made its first landing in New York City.

1987: The stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value.

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