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 * 1823 – Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the Mexican government.
 * 1861 – Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join the Confederate States of America.
 * 1925 – Benito Mussolini disolves the Parliament of Italy and declares himself the dictator of Italy.
 * 1959 – Alaska becomes a U.S. state.
 * 1985 – Mitch McConnell becomes a United States senator from Kentucky.