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| 1799: The USS Constellation captures the French frigate Insurgente off the West Indies. |
| 1825: The House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams, sixth U.S. President. |
| 1861:
Jefferson F. Davis is elected president of the
Confederate States of America. |
| 1864:
Union General George Armstrong Custer marries
Elizabeth Bacon in their hometown of Monroe, Mich. |
| 1904: Japanese troops land near Seoul, Korea, after disabling two Russian cruisers. |