August 20, 2014 in History

Event:

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder flies to Ferguson, MO to inform residents that the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown will be investigated by the federal government; a separate county-appointed grand jury has already begun reviewing the case





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1741 Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering
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