1778 - The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States of America.
1796 - George Washington's farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
1862 - The Battle of Iuka - Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price.
1863 - The two day Battle of Chickamauga begins. The battle was the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and involved the second highest number of casualties in the war following the Battle of Gettysburg.
1881 - President James Garfield dies of his wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting.
1957 - First American underground nuclear bomb test.
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