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Today in History—First U.S. commencement ceremony held at Harvard College, 1642; Lewis and Clark expedition completes its exploration of the West, 1806; time capsule buried at New York World’s fair, 1938; Juan Peron returns to power in Argentina, following ouster in a 1955 military coup, 1973; baseball’s Lou Brock steals record 938 base; earlier he scored his 3,000 hit of the season, 1979; Senator Joseph Biden withdraws from Democratic presidential race following stories alleging possible plagiarism in law school, 1987.
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