Yellowstone National Park, situated in the western United States and designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1978, was established by the U.S. Congress as the country's—and the world's—first national park this day in 1872.
| 1961: | | | The Peace Corps was established by U.S. President John F. Kennedy by means of his Peace Corps Act. |
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| 1932: | | The infant son of American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh was abducted from his home, Bruno Hauptmann being later convicted of the baby's kidnapping and murder. |
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| 1919: | | Protesters in Seoul, Korea, launched the March First Movement, a series of demonstrations for Korean national independence from Japan. |
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| 1896: | | The Ethiopian army of Emperor Menilek II won a decisive victory against the Italian army at Adwa, Ethiopia. |
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| 1875: | | Republicans in the U.S. Congress passed the last of the Force Acts, which protected the constitutional rights of blacks during Reconstruction. |
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