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Robert R. Hitt
1906Sep, 20

Robert R. Hitt

Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
Robert Roberts Hitt (January 16, 1834 – September 20, 1906) was an American diplomat and Republican politician from Illinois. He served briefly as Assistant Secretary of State in the short-lived administration of James A. Garfield but resigned alongside Secretary James G. Blaine after Garfield's assassination in 1881. He returned to Washington to represent Northwestern Illinois in the United States House of Representatives from 1882 to his death. After 1885, he was the senior Republican on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, which he chaired from 1889 to 1891 and 1895 until his 1906.

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    Alzheimer's disease

    Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
  • 7Jun

    RMS Lusitania

    Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • 18Sep

    Tsunami

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  • 20Sep

    RMS Mauretania (1906)

    Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • 9Nov

    Panama Canal

    Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.