December 10 1778 – John Jay is elected president of the Continental Congress 1817 – Mississippi becomes the 20th state 1830 – American poet Emily Dickinson is born 1851 – American librarian who created the Dewey Decimal System, Melvil Dewey is born 1861 – Kentucky is admitted to the Confederate States of America 1862 – […]

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