John Dillinger, the notorious Depression-era gangster and bank robber, is killed during a gunfight with the FBI outside of a Chicago theater.
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President Abraham Lincoln announces the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet.
Governor John White leads English settlers to the island of Roanoke, establishing the community that will soon be known as "The Lost Colony."
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