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1527Italian statesman, diplomat, and author of “The Prince,” Niccolo Machiavelli died. 1788The U.S. Constitution went into effect when New Hampshire became the 9th state to ratify it. 1834Cyrus McCormick's mechanical reaper was patented. 1964Three civil rights workers—James E. Chaney, 21; Andrew Goodman, 21; and Michael Schwerner, 24—disappeared in Philadelphia, Miss. In 2005, 41 years after the disappearance, Edgar Killen was convicted of their murders. 1982John Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted murder of President Ronald Reagan. 1989The U.S. Supreme Court decided that burning the U.S. flag was protected under the First Amendment. 1997The WNBA made its debut. 2004Michael Melvill pilots the first privately-developed spacecraft,SpaceShipOne, into space. 
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