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Today In History

On July 24, 1858,

Republican senatorial candidate Abraham Lincoln formally challenged Democrat Stephen A. Douglas to a series of political debates; the result was seven face-to-face encounters.

In 1783,

Latin American revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela.

In 1847,

Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah.