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Seward, conspirator with John Wilkes Booth (d. 1865)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372570203#April–June", "title": "1844", "revid": 1372570203, "section": "Births › April–June"}}, {"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 22", "text": "December 22 – Frank B. Kellogg, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1937)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371140008#October–December", "title": "1856", "revid": 1371140008, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1865, "year_label": "1865 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 14", "text": "April 14 – United States Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home, by Lewis Powell.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361545898#April", "title": "1865", "revid": 1361545898, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1865, "year_label": "1865 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 18", "text": "December 18 – Secretary of State William H. Seward declares the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified by three-quarters of the states, including those in secession. 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Blaine, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1830)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369946190#January–June", "title": "1893", "revid": 1369946190, "section": "Deaths › January–June"}}, {"year": 1920, "year_label": "1920 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 13", "text": "December 13 – George P. 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Stimson, United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371638577#October", "title": "1950", "revid": 1371638577, "section": "Deaths › October"}}, {"year": 1952, "year_label": "1952 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 23", "text": "March 23 – Rex Tillerson, United States Secretary of State", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373187098#March", "title": "1952", "revid": 1373187098, "section": "Births › March"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 14", "text": "November 14 – Condoleezza Rice, American politician, 66th United States Secretary of State", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#November", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Births › November"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – John Foster Dulles, 52nd United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#May", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Deaths › May"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – George C. Marshall, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1880)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#October", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Deaths › October"}}, {"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – Antony Blinken, American diplomat, 71st United States Secretary of State", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373095518#April", "title": "1962", "revid": 1373095518, "section": "Births › April"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – Dean Acheson, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#October", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Deaths › October"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 9", "text": "April 9 – James F. Byrnes, United States Secretary of State and Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1882)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371514417#April", "title": "1972", "revid": 1371514417, "section": "Deaths › April"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – 2016 United States presidential election: Businessman and television personality Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States in a surprise upset against his opponent, former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373421880#November", "title": "2016", "revid": 1373421880, "section": "Events › November"}}]}