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1996 Event - 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
1989 Event - Department of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position 1987 Event - Nurse Mary R. Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America 1985 Event - War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai" 1984 Event - Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed 1982 Event - Ground-breaking in Washington, D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial 1976 Event - 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia 1974 Event - Smallest attendance at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium (4,149) 1973 Event - Longest game in Veterans' Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 1971 Event - 1st baseball game at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1 1959 Birthday - Maya Lin, born in Athens, Ohio, artist, architect of Chinese descent, known for Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., sculpture, landscape art 1941 Event - Jewish veterans honor their dead 1932 Event - Battle between unemployed war veterans and federal troops, 4 die 1930 Event - U.S. Veterans Administration forms 1930 Event - Veterans Administration created 1866 Event - 1st national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org) 1865 Event - Several Confederate veterans form Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tn |
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