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Linguists: NSA spied on Americans

WASHINGTON (CNN) Congress is looking into allegations that National Security Agency linguists have been eavesdropping on Americans abroad...

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On Oct. 11, 1968,
Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.

In 1779,
Polish nobleman Casimir Pulaski, fighting for American independence, died two days after being wounded during the Revolutionary War Battle of Savannah, Ga.

In 1890,
the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in Washington, D.C.